Abolition of seals, 219.
Absentee, summoning to court, 360.
Absolute defenses in negotiable in-
struments, 570.

Acceleration provisions in time
paper, 535.
Acceptance

and receipt of goods, 191, 192.
by act, 151.

by fall of hammer, 148.

by inactivity, 148, 149.

by mental determination, 152.
by silence, 148, 149.

by telegraph, 154.
communication of, 150.
contemplation of legal relations
in, 147.

delivery of goods as, 148.
necessity of overt act, 147.
notice of, 152.

notice of rejection of, 144.
of benefits, 149.

of bills of lading, 127.
of goods, 317.

of offer, 116.

of offer, modified, 143.

of offer of guaranty, 457, 460.

on mailing, doctrine, 154.

place of, 145.

requisites of, 144.

time of, 153.

Accepting document, effect of, 126.
Accord and satisfaction, 205.
Account

duty of agent to, 686, 755.

duty of mortgagee in possession
to, 492.

duty of partner, 766.
Account books, 364.

Accounting and dissolution, 740 ff.
on dissolution of corporation,
790.

Acknowledgments, 800.

Act, acceptance by, 151.

of God, 755.

misrepresentation by, 265.
Acts of bankruptcy, 416.

Additional compensation, promise
of, 168 ff., 173.

Adequacy of consideration, 163,
168, 180.

Adjudication as a source of law,
8 ff., 15, 23 ff., 300.
Adjuster, 317.
Administration.

of business by courts, 406.
of estates of deceased, 406.
See also insolvent corporations,
insolvent estates.

Administrative boards and com-

missions, 66, 370.

law, 6, 7.

Administrators, 159, 184.

Admiralty, 367.

Advertisement, 129, 130, 131, ff.,
168.

offer and withdrawal by, 142.
offer by, 151.

Advertising, 65, 86, 105, 111.
After-acquired property, mortgage
on, 486, 492.

Agency, 188, 189, 222, 309, 572, 580,
596, 703.

dissolution and accounting in,
679-697.

formation of relations in, 629-
656.

how revoked, 740.

implied terms in agreement of,
686.

internal relations and control in,

740-760.

irrevocable, 740, 743.

operation of relations in, 594-604.
termination, 742.

test of partnership, 608.

Agent, authority to warrant, 632.

del credere, 441.

duties of, 679, 685.

endorsee constituted, when, 564.
general, 633.

of undisclosed principal, liability
of, 651, 654.

Auction, 108.
sales, 130.

Auctioneer, 189, 264.

Automobile, liability of owner, 648.
Award of arbitrators, 283.

Babylonian bills and notes, 530.
Bankruptcy, 183, 406, 408, 411 ff,
571, 775 ff., 801.

Act, 411, 620.

procedure, 415.

Banks and banking, 67, 252, 298,
300, 464, 469, 692, 709, 801, 802.
national, 427.

See checks, negotiable instru-
ments.
Barter, 324.

Benefits, acceptance of, 149.
Beneficiaries of contracts, action
by, 354 ff., 640.

Best evidence rule, 213, 364.
Bids, 130.

Bilateral contract, 139, 147.
Bills of exchange

See negotiable instruments.
Bill of lading, 211, 287, 521, 801,
802.

acceptance of, 127.

See Uniform Bills of Lading Act.
Bill to reach and apply, 199.
Blue-sky laws, 68, 802.

Bond, 217.

appeal and stay, 366.
attachment, 367.

corporation, 127.

Bondholders, 429.

Book accounts, interest on, 305.
Bookkeeping, 364.

Books

of accounts, 364.

stockholders' right to examine,

722.

Borrow, authority of agent to, 643.
power of partner to, 662.
Bottomry, 164.

Boundaries, evidence as to, 363.
Boycott, 94, 348, 353.

Branded goods, 278.

Breach of promise, 184.
Broker, 308, 309, 629.
defined, 63.

licensing of, 59 ff.

Building contracts, 173, 183, 201.
211, 282.

Building trade customs, 317.

Buildings

destruction of leased, 296.
liens on, 369.

Bulk, sale by, 49, 324, 802.

Business

analogies, influence on law, 160.
assignment of a, 145.

associations, unincorporated, 579.
disputes, arbitration in, 23.
duress, 271.

engagements without compensa-
tion, 119.

engaging in, 41-42.
ethics, 681.

honesty, standard of, 86.

ideas, effect of, on real property
law, 296.

interference with another's, 353.
judicial, administration of, 405-
439.

law, clasification of, 32.
law, scope of, 31.

man, the legal status or condi-
tion of, 43 54, 98-112, 324,
412.

organization, history of, 577
organization, law of, 575.
organizations, internal relations
in, 679.

organizations, relations involved
in, 577-579.

public and private, 101.
state laws affecting, 798-800.

theory of organization, 587.
winding up of a, 406.

Buyer and seller, relation of, 113 ff.

By-bidding, 109, 111.

By-laws of corporation, 626.

Cancellation of instruments, 225.

of orders, see offer, revocation of
Capacity of parties, 204, 225-241,
571.

Capitalization, 623, 625, 730.
Carbon copy, 213.

Carriers, 99, 298, 322, 801.

Carriers' liability, limitation of,
374.

Case

in court, conduct of, 359.
law, 7.

material, 37-40.

Causa in Roman Law, 161.
Causation in tort law, 353.

Cautiousness in victim of frauds,
262.

forbearance as, 152, 164, 166.
history of, 160.

in composition, 165, 167.
in negotiable instruments, 572.
in ratification, 236..

in sealed instruments, 223.
lapsed liability, 173.
money for money, 165, 166.
nominal, 164.

of "one dollar," 163, 164.
origin of doctrine of, 160.
partial failure of, 176, 177.
partial want of, 177.

present standing of doctrine, 160.
promise to do what one is bound
to do, 162, 168, 170, 173.
recitation of, in document, 203.
want of, 178, 204.
Conspiracy, 348, 713.
Constitutions, 24
Construction

and interpretation compared,

320.

service, 360.

Containers, 105.

unauthorized refilling of, 85.
Context in construction, 330.
Continental European law
See Roman law.

Contractor, independent, 585.
Contracts, 32.

and resulting relations, 285.
and writing, 119.

bilateral, 147.

building, see building contracts.
characteristics of sealed, 220.
contingent on strikes, fires and
accidents, 213.

disaffirmance of, 225.
elements of, 115.

enforcement of, with reference
to debtor and creditor, 357.
formal requisites of, 182.
government, 240, 243.
implied in negotiable instru-
ments, 550.

inducing breach of, 348 ff.
in foreign language, 320.

interpretation and construction

of, 207.

law of, with especial reference
to the relation of buyer and
seller, 133 ff.

liberty of, 25, 26, 98, 599.
making of, 115.
modification of, 205.
of employment, 578.

operation of, in business, 285-
319.

rescission of, 205.

rights and duties of strangers
on, 348 ff., 508, 640.
rights, assignment of, 297.
rules as an element of, 697.
standardized, 211, 286, 320.
unilateral, 152.

written, 160, 201.

books of, 722.

collateral attacks on, 628.

contract with director, 705, 707.
de facto, 626.

directors and officers, 119.
directors competing with, 701,
705, 707.

dissolution and accounting in,
705-739.

dissolution of, 714, 778, 782, 783.
foreign, 802.

formation of relations in, 665-
676.
history of, 578.

insolvent, 408, 716, 789.

internal relations and control in,
623-628.

operations of relations in, 778-
797.
organization of, 623.

prospectus, 262, 263, 265, 268.
removal of officers of, 735.
reorganization of, 148, 429.
Correction of employees, 697.
Counter-offer, termination of offer
by, 143.

Counter promise, 152.
Countermanding of order, 137, 138,
143.

Counting and enumerating, meth-
ods of, 304.

Court and jury, 211, 361 ff.; see
also jury, questions of law and
of fact.

Courts, jurisdiction of, 282.
Courtesy of England, estate by, 294.
Covenant, 217.

Creditors

assignment for benefit of, 407,
409, 416.

enforcement of contracts with
reference to, 357.

partnership and individual, 774.
rights of, 367.

Credulity of victim of fraud, 262;
see also fraud.
Criminal law, 370.
Crops, sale of, 297.

Crossing offer and acceptance, 135.
Cunning, points of, 263.

Customs and usages, 8, 10, 537, 538.
evidence of, 204, 301.
immemorial, 308.

local, 310, 320.

of trade, 209, 298 ff., 630, 631.
requisites of, 301.

superseded by express contract,

307.