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11 documents for assumpsit legal definition

- Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727 (1996)
... cause of action, based historically on assumpsit, for money had and received. 32. The fact that lia... transfer of possession is merely part of a legal process, relying on Gough Electric Ltd. v. Canadia... section of the statute, a definition that is presumably to apply throughout the statute...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- BG Checo International Ltd. c. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, [1993] 1 R.C.S. 12 (1993)
...Baker, J. H. An Introduction to English Legal History. London: Butterworths, 1979. Blom, Joost. ... 1487 qu'un berger était responsable en assumpsit pour avoir omis de surveiller les brebis dont il a..., elles ont [traduction] «une définition et une portée incertaines»: H. Johnson, «Contra...
- Cour Suprême du Canada
- BG Checo International Ltd. v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 12 (1993)
...Baker, J. H. An Introduction to English Legal History. London: Butterworths, 1979. Blom, Joost. ... the custody of sheep was liable in assumpsit for failing to look after them, so that they were ...Tort duties are of "uncertain definition and scope": H. Johnson, "Contract and Tort: Orthod...
- Supreme Court of Canada

- Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Canada; Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Ontario, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 762 (1992)
... had not established that Parliament was legally obligated to pay for the juveniles subject to thes... in the 16th century writ of indebitatus assumpsit which, as a form of trespass on the case, was retu...Such definition is required to preserve a measure of certainty in ...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Peter v. Beblow, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980 (1993)
... and the elements giving rise to a legal gift were not present. Equity finds a role where a... the judicial imagination in ways that assumpsit, quantum meruit and other terms associated with qu...1989), at p. 304, the following definition appears:. A constructive trust arises where a pers...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Banque du Canada c. Banque de Montréal, [1978] 1 R.C.S. 1148 (1977)
...Billets-Monnaie légale et pouvoir libératoire-Billets de la Banque du Ca... antérieurs à 1967 tombent sous la définition du billet à ordre du par. 176(1) de la Loi sur le...De plus, le recours indebitatus assumpsit pour de l'argent détenu et reçu ne tiendrait pas...
- Cour Suprême du Canada
- Bank of Canada v. Bank of Montreal, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 1148 (1977)
...Bills and notes-Currency and legal tender-Bank of Canada bank-notes (pre-1967 form)-W... of the Bank of Canada fall within the definition of a promissory note under s. 176(1) of the Bills ...And further, indebitatus assumpsit for money had and received would not now lie, whil...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Lyons c. La Reine, [1984] 2 R.C.S. 633 (1984)
... ont-elles été «faites légalement»? - La preuve ainsi obtenue est-elle admissible? - ...Cette définition comporte le mot «télécommunication» qui est ... de l'intrusion est née l'action assumpsit qui à son tour est à l'origine de l'action actue...
- Cour Suprême du Canada
- Lyons v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 633 (1984)
... of the court and cannot be segmented into legally consequential and legally inconsequential steps. T...For convenience I repeat the definition of "private communication" in s. 178.1 of the Co... trespass likewise sprang the action in assumpsit from which in turn came the present action in cont...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Storthoaks v. Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd., [1976] 2 S.C.R. 147 (1975)
... was surrendering the first lease as to two legal subdivisions and on the following day a further le... action are common species of the genus assumpsit. All now rest, and long have rested, upon a notion...To meet a claim falling within the definition in Kelly v. Solari it would be necessary to prove ...
- Supreme Court of Canada