III. Contracts and obligations-Continued.

Contracts-Continued.

Bilateral contracts-

Earnest money or advances.
Third-party stipulations..
Redhibitory defects..
Eviction...

Contracts of chance..

IV. Commercial contracts and obligations..

Historical background___

The Roman concept..

Measure of damages for breach of Roman obligation_
Contracts of loan in Roman law..

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Contract of letting and hiring..

Mercantile contracts and obligations.

How commercial contracts are proved..
When the contract is deemed concluded.
What contracts are void__

How fixed periods of time are computed..
Obligations of uncertain duration__

Commercial power of attorney-

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Limitation of powers

Compensation and termination_

Registration and ratification_

Mercantile commission_-_

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The c. i. f. clause..

Liability of agent to principal__
The del credere agency-

Mercantile contract of purchase and sale.
Refusal of buyer to accept delivery.
Expenses of conservation_

Purchase by sight or at random_
Liability of seller after delivery -
Sales between merchants___

Mercantile barter and exchange-
Mercantile letting or hiring.......
Delivery and retaking-

Hiring of services with materials_
Mechanic's lien_.

The loan and mercantile interest...
General rules of interest and releases_

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VII. Company and corporation law-Continued.

Brazilian commercial companies and societies..
General provisions_

Contribution of capital by members.
Examination of books..

Controlling laws...

Execution against members_

Companies in commerce or corporations_
General provisions_

Contract or constitutive document_
Registration__

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Limited partnership by shares-

Society by quotas of limited liability

Agreement between corporations and holders of debentures.
Use of preference shares

The Brazilian-American organization_

Three methods suggested..

Domestication of an American corporation in Brazil..
Cost of organizing-

Expenses for organization of a Brazilian corporation
(sociedade anonyma) in Federal District, Brazil...
Expenses for organization of a sociedade por quotas
de responsabilidade limitada in the Federal District,
Brazil

Registration of a foreign corporation in Brazil
Taxes on foreign firms doing business in Brazil..

VIII. Bills of lading and the law of maritime insurance.

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Partial delivery under bond_

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Delivery to domicile...

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Rates on commercial documents_

VIII. Bills of lading and the law of maritime insurance-Continued.
Maritime insurance-Continued.

Presumption of loss of ship---

Appointment of agent to press claims.
General provisions..

IX. Prescription and the statute of limitations.
Suspension of prescription_.
Interruption... ... ....

Interruption by a creditor.

Periods of prescription---

Title by civil prescription_..

Civil prescription of actions.

Commercial prescription of actions.

X. Taxation.

Stamp tax

Bonded and foreign money obligations.-
Public contracts and annuities..

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Proofs of acts of bankruptcy other than nonpayment at
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By deposit---

Protest...

Decree of adjudication...

Fixes date of bankruptcy.

Designates syndic___

Rights of creditors...

Designation of attorneys..

Duties of bankrupt upon adjudication..

Penalties for violation

Certain properties excluded..

Certain acts before bankruptcy void.--.

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