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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Debts at common law fall primarily into two major categories, simple contract debts and debts by specialty. .... The different types of debts are as follows: (A) Simple contract debts. Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange and Negotiable Instruments. Insurance Policies. (B) Specialty Debts. Crown Debts. Judgement Debts.  1, record 1, English, - simple%20contract%20debt

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Before 1926 the categories of priority were more numerous than they are now: e.g. Crown debts usually had priority over other debts; and, among the latter, judgment debts had precedence over debts founded on a sealed or simple contract.  4, record 1, English, - simple%20contract%20debt

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

... what are usually called simple contracts [are] agreements made either by word of mouth or in writing.  5, record 1, English, - simple%20contract%20debt

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Toutes les amendes et les amendes pécuniaires qui seraient dues à la Cour des Barons, mais qui n'auraient point été enregistrées, seront considérées comme des dettes de simple contrat et prendront rang comme celles dues à un particulier.  1, record 1, French, - dette%20de%20simple%20contrat

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish