Statute of Frauds
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the Statute of Frauds
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Institutes of Roman Law
English statute requiring a guaranty to be in writing.
As such a representation was in effect a guaranty, and to allow an action on a verbal misrepresentation would avoid the Statute of Frauds, which requires a guaranty to be reduced to writing, Lord Tenterden’s Act, 9 George IV, chapter 14, enacted that no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any representation or assurance concerning the character, credit, or ability of any othe …
The Law of Torts
An English statute requiring certain contracts to be evidenced in writing, referenced regarding an unenforceable underlying agreement.
for the resulting loss to him, and it is held to make no difference that the original agreement was not enforceable for want of satisfying the Statute of Frauds.
Law in a Free State
A named English statute requiring certain agreements to be in writing, cited as an analogy for the State's requirement of deliberateness and evidence in sanctioning betting contracts.
Again, the State refuses to sanction betting contracts for the same reason that under the Statute of Frauds it requires certain agreements to be in writing;