The statute 6 Geo. I. c. 18, “for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices herein mentioned,” was so called. It prescribed penalties […]
An extravagant or unsubstan-tial project for extensive operations lu busl-ness or commerce, generally founded on a fictitious or exaggerated prospectus, to ensnare […]
An agent employed to make bargains and contracts between other per-sons, in matters of trade, commerce, or nav-lgntion, for a compensation commonly […]