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OWNERSHIP - continued,

right of partner to bind the firm within the scope of partner-
ship business

SECTION

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different ways in which a partner may or may not bind the
firm . . .

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as to contracts involving fraud and deceit, how firm may be
liable

rights and duties of partners as between themselves
perfect good faith requisite.

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dissolution and change of partnership, how brought about .
consequences of dissolution as to late copartners and as to
third persons

what notice is requisite

novation, how it may take place

dissolution by death; rights and liabilities of surviving part-

ners

rights and liabilities of deceased partner's personal represent-
atives

advantages and disadvantages of the partnership relation
owners by way of limited partnership

origin, nature, and purposes of limited partnerships
statutory enactments on the subject

statute preliminaries, requisite to form

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rights and liabilities of general and special partners
dissolution and its consequences

owners combining in joint-stock companies

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origin, nature, and purposes of joint-stock companies
managing officers appointed by a majority of shareholders
advantages over partnership in respect to dissolution
how regarded and treated by courts of this country
part-ownership in ships

peculiar nature of ownership in vessels
ship-owners with relation to one another
part-owner's right to dispose of vessel
employment of the ship; right of majority.
adjustment of mutual claims of ship-owners

as to lien on each other's shares

as to part-owner's right to pledge, mortgage, or insure
part-owner's liabilities towards third persons, remedies against 211
liability for necessary repairs or supplies

liability for each others' or servants' torts

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the ship's husband or managing owner, powers and duties of 214
membership in corporations . .

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advantages and disadvantages of corporate organization
public and private corporations, distinctions between

SECTION

OWNERSHIP-continued,

corporations, history and modern growth of

increase of corporations in this country, tendencies and char-
acteristics

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how private corporations are created, by charter and legislation 219
acceptance of a charter a condition precedent to its taking
effect

terms of acts of incorporation construed in light of intention
constituent powers and capacities of a private corporation
internal management of a private corporation, its directors
and membership .

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powers of the directors and corporate officers
liabilities of such officers to the corporation

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power of private corporations to hold and dispose of personal

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power to hold property upon trusts germane to its character 235
corporate property, in what manner to be transferred and

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negotiable obligations, right to issue, how restricted
right to borrow or raise money

eminent domain, rule of, how applied

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visitation of corporations; mandamus and quo warranto
dissolution of private corporations, by what modes effected
effect of such dissolution on the corporate property.
consolidation or amalgamation and secession of corporations
revival of private corporations

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summary as to the kinds of ownership in personal property

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what is patentable; "art," "machine," "manufacture,"
"composition of matter'

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no public use for two years prior to application, a condition

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PATENTS- continued,

SECTION

foreign invention, when patentable

abandonment or dedication of an invention to the public

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523

priority among conflicting claimants for a patent
proceedings requisite in taking out a patent

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specifications, how to be drawn, and leading objects

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caveat, surrender, reissue, disclaimer
extension of patents, law concerning .
appellate proceedings in procuring a patent
infringement of a patent, what constitutes

legal and equitable remedies for infringement

patent suits, rules of construction, damages, evidence, etc.
joint patentees not partners

PAWN. See PLEDGE.

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what is a "pledge" or "pawn;" distinction between; collateral
security

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what may be subject of a pledge, increase thereof included 395
things forbidden to be pledged; public policy

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396

debt or engagement to be secured, kind and character of
parties to a contract to pledge, capacity, conduct, and title of 398
delivery and possession of property in pledge

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re-delivery or re-possession by the pledgor, effect of .
situation of parties pending maturity of secured debt
pledgee's duty in taking care of pledge, loss by theft, acci-
dent, etc.

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use of pledge, right of pledgee as respects; matter of intention
pledgee's right to sue the owner or third persons; to assign,
transfer, etc.

pledgee's transfer in breach of trust, effect of
right of pledgor to dispose of his own interest
owner's rights, whose property has been wrongfully pledged 406
situation of parties after maturity of debt

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pledgee's threefold remedy, suit against pledgor, judicial sale,
non-judicial sale after notice to redeem

statutory methods of sale and parties' express agreement,

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SECTION

PLEDGE-continued,

collection and sale of commercial paper and other securities 409
interest, expenses, subsequent advances, appropriation of
payments, and disposal of surplus, etc. .

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pledgee has the option to enforce the pledge or sue the pledgor 411
pledgor's general right to redeem

411 a

methods of extinguishing contract of pledge, payment, satis-

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mobility its leading essential quality

division of things into movables and immovables

interchangeable by severance or incorporation with soil

things movable are animate or inanimate

origin and definition of chattel

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personal property or "chattels," the residuum of the freehold
derivation of the term "chattel"

chattels real and chattels personal

See CHATTEL.

fixtures, heirlooms, and emblements

See EMBLEMENTS; FIXTURES; HEIRLOOMS.

choses in possession and in action

better classification into corporeal and incorporeal chattels
See CHOSES.

meaning of the terms "goods," "effects," "things," etc.
"estate," why applied to things real, and "property" to
personal

property classification affected by legislation

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as corporeal chattels personal

peculiar rule as to the transfer of a ship

part-owners of, their rights, duties, and liabilities
See OWNERSHIP.

history of the law of shipping

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"ship," a peculiar kind of property; sense of term
title to a ship and modes of transfer

origin of title

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statutes of registration in general; bill of sale, mortgage, etc.
registry, license, enrolment, policy of the United States re-
specting

sale and transfer of title to a ship; "grand bill of sale'
"appurtenances," "apparel," "furniture," include what under
conveyance; usage

possession under a transfer, when to be taken; caveat emptor 309
persons employed in and about a ship

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the master, rights, duties, powers, and responsibilities
master's authority in case of an emergency

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the "cargo," master's power over, under various circumstances 313
master's authority, when specially employed

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seamen, rights, duties, and peculiar protection accorded to
pilots, rights and duties of

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"material men," employment, rights, and lien of

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