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No contract for sale of goods for 10l. allowed unless buyer actually receive part, or give earnest, or in part payment, or that some note in writing signed by the parties.
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XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said feast-day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist, which shall be in the said year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and ninety-six, no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandizes, for the price of ten pounds sterl. or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part of payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized.(a)
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