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Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
14; Wetzell v. Dinsmore, 4 Daly (N. Y.) 195.
456; Railroad Co. v. Ferguson, 113 Ga. 708, 30 S. E. : L. R. A. 802; Straus v.
930, 68 L. R. A. 587; Hyatt v. Allen, 56
1098, 26 L. R. A. 773; Chase v. Portiand, 86 Me. 367, 29 Atl. 1104; § ring Valley Waterworks v. Drinkhouse, 92 Cal. 536, 28 Pac. 683.—Just debts. As used in a will or a statute, this term means legal, valid, and incontestable obligations, not including such as are barred b e statute of limitationa or voidable at the election of the party. See Burke v. Jones, 2 Ves. & B. 275; Martin v. Gage, 9
585; Keen v. Brown, 46 Fla. 487, 35
1025.
456; Railroad Co. v. Ferguson, 113 Ga. 708, 30 S. E. : L. R. A. 802; Straus v.
930, 68 L. R. A. 587; Hyatt v. Allen, 56
1098, 26 L. R. A. 773; Chase v. Portiand, 86 Me. 367, 29 Atl. 1104; § ring Valley Waterworks v. Drinkhouse, 92 Cal. 536, 28 Pac. 683.—Just debts. As used in a will or a statute, this term means legal, valid, and incontestable obligations, not including such as are barred b e statute of limitationa or voidable at the election of the party. See Burke v. Jones, 2 Ves. & B. 275; Martin v. Gage, 9
585; Keen v. Brown, 46 Fla. 487, 35
1025.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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