PROOF, Book Art. I. 41 49. 109 By parol testimony, is not admitted in respect to partnership Cases in which parol testimony is admitted PROSECUTORS, Imperial. Cases in which they must interpose an appeal from Their functions in respect to demands of restoration PROTEST, As an evidence of non-acceptance of a bill of exchange Act of protestation in the case of refusal of payment of a bill of Protest for non-payment By whom, where made, and the formalities to be obser ved III. 591 595 609 I. 119 120 158 162 173, 174, 175, 176 The return-account must be accompanied with the protest PROVISION. 181 By whom made to meet the payment of a bill of exchange 115 116 117 PUBLIC EXCHANGE, Definition of Negotiations and transactions which take place there No merchant who has failed in business can show himself on the 71 721 III. 614 R. RANSOM, Cases in which seamen taken on board a ship and carried into slavery are entitled to be ransomed II. 266 Mode of payment of freight in case of the ransom of goods The same provision in regard to the officers and other persons of the ship's company Merchants must keep one for the transcription of their letters 8 9 Transport bills must be copied in a register 102 176 II. 242 224 The seals must be affixed on the registers of an insolvent III. 451 Book Art. III. 611 REGISTER (Continued.) merce REINSURANCE, The insurer may cause reinsurance to be made on goods which he II. $42 REMITTANCES, Of commercial securities may be stopped in transitu in certain cases Of money from place to place are reputed commercial acts III. 583 IV. 632 II. 350 REPRISALS, The losses and damages resulting therefrom, by whom borne RESPONSIBILITY, Of a notary for the non-observance of the formalities required by Of the owner of a ship Of the captain in certain cases RESTORATION I. 68 II 216 221, 222. 228 Insolvents legally restored to their former rights and privileges may I. 83 By the confirmation of the concordate the insolvent is declared ex- III. 526 When there is a union of the creditors, the tribunal decides the 531 To what court ought the insolvent to address his petition for res In case of rejection the demand cannot again be repeated 610 611 612 Cases in which persons charged with simple bankruptcy may ob- 613 No merchant who has failed can show himself on the exchange till 614 RETURN ACCOUNT, Of the charges of protests, re-exchange, &c. of a bill of exchange Are liable for the performance of charter-parties, &c. 280 320 RISKS, Their duration in regard to bottomry and respondentia bonds on RUNNING FOUL, Book Art. 11. 350. 407 Regulations declaring by whom the damage occasioned by ves-.. sels running foul of each other, shall be borne Granted to an insolvent after the affixion of the seals May be demanded of the tribunal of commerce by the insolvent III. 466 467 The agents call in the insolvent after he has obtained a safeconduct 468 Case in which it cannot be granted 490 After it is obtained the provisional assignees may employ the in- 493 573 SEALS, Must be affixed as soon as the tribunal has cognizance of the failure 449 Public notoriety is sufficient to authorize the justice of the peace to affix the seals 450 Objects on which the seals may be affixed 451 In different domicils in cases of the failure of partnerships 452 463 The seals are removed at the request of the provisional assignees 486, 487 SEAMEN, The master has a right to select and hire the seamen II. 223 250 Are paid the days' work during the time employed, and an indem- 252 Cases in which they have only a right to be paid for their day's work 253 No diminution of their wages takes place when the vessel is voluntarily discharged in a nearer place than that of her destination When dismissed without a valid cause 256 How the indemnity is to be regulated according to the case of 257 When the ship and cargo are lost they cannot claim any wages 258 279 Their treatment, and pay, in case of sickness and death 262. 265 Their rights in case of captivity and made slaves For the payment of a bill lost I. 120 151, 152 155 The ship and freight are specially bound for their wages Their wages do not contribute to the ransom of goods captured by the enemy SECURITY, For the drawer and endorsers of a bill of exchange Extinction of the security after a certain time By the master and crew of a ship given for debts contracted for the II. 231 346 III. 466 538 May be demanded in case of the failure of the insurer or insured In case of insolvency how admitted among the mass of debts SEIZURE, The personal property of the drawer, acceptor, and endorser of I. 172 SEIZURE (Continued.) Ships and vessels may be seized and sold by judicial authority seizure ought to contain Establishment of guards Notification of the report and citation Proclamations and publications required Causes for which a vessel ready to sail, may be seized SEPARATION OF PROPERTY, Between Man and Wife How made Book Art. II. 197 198. 200 198. 200 201 202 215 Obligations of the parties, in case of separation, when married under the dotal regulation, and become merchants SEQUESTRATION. In what case may the sequestration of property transported be ordered SHIPS AND VESSELS, I. 65 69, 70 106 Are personal property II. 190 Not liable to seizure when ready to sail except in a single case 215 191 194 195 In what circumstances they are presumed to have made a voyage Formalities required in the seizure and sale of ships and vessels 197-209 Expenses to be borne by him in case of interdiction of commerce before the departure of the vessel 276 Must furnish the master with acquittances or certificates from the custom-house within a certain period 282 Must indemnify the master in case of withdrawing his goods before the departure of the ship 291 Cases in which he may abandon the goods for the freight The abstract of the partnership agreement must contain the Of what validity is the signature of a woman, married, or single, I. 43 113 Proportion of signatures to commercial paper in circulation which subjects an insolvent debtor to the imputation of bankruptcy III. 586 STELLIONATE. Persons guilty of stellionate cannot be admitted to the benefit of STOPPAGE IN TRANSITU, Book Art. STOPPAGE IN TRANSITU--(Continued.). STOPPAGE OF PAYMENT, Must be made known by a declaration of the insolvent at the clerk's office within three days after his stoppage STRANDING. At whose charge are the losses and damages occasioned by stranding When there has been a stranding with wreck, the subject insured may be abandoned SUMMONS, The certificate of protest should contain the summons to pay the amount of the bill Sent to an insolvent to appear and adjust his book III. 582 I. 174 502 The creditors are summoned to deliver their titles to the assignees or deposite them in the clerk's office TACKLE. TRADERS. TRANSFER, See Rigging and Apparel. See Merchants. How effected under a title or certificate to the bearer Cases in which the endorsement of a bill of exchange does not effect the transfer TRANSLATION. Ship brokers and interpreters have solely the right to translate mercantile papers to be produced in the tribunals of com merce 80 TRANSPORT BILL, Is evidence of a contract between the consignor and carrier 101 102 TREASURER, Appointed by the creditors to receive the money due to the estate of an insolvent He must subscribe or endorse on the titles of the creditors the payments as dividends made to them TRIBUNAL OF COMMERCE. See Assignees. Bankrupt. Insolvent. Master of Ships. TRIBUNALS OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE, Try persons charged with the misdemeanor of simple bankruptcy According to the circumstances of the case, sentence to impri 630 651 639 sonment III. 588 592 |