"Promisor" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cannot lawfully act without the authority of his guardian, in others he can. Such authority, for instance, is not necessary when a pupil stipulates for the delivery of property, though it is otherwise where he is the promisor; for it is an established rule that the guardian's authority is not necessary for any act by which the pupil simply improves his own position, though it cannot be dispensed with where he proposes to make it worse. Consequently, unless ...
— The Institutes of Justinian • Caesar Flavius Justinian
... of the present economic order is that promises to pay must be redeemed at par. Failing in this redemption, the promisor is declared bankrupt, and beyond the pale ...
— The Next Step - A Plan for Economic World Federation • Scott Nearing |
