 | Mungo Ponton Brown - Contracts - 1821 - 656 pages
...used, it was competent for, and indeed the duty of " the judge of the roup, by laying the sand glass on its side, or " making it run backwards to prevent...this case, as the judge of the roup, for want of a sand«' gloss, made use of his watch, he ought to have managed it in " some such way as the sand glass... | |
 | John Erskine - Law - 1828 - 616 pages
...duty of " the judge of the roup, by laying the sand-glass on its side, or making it run back'" wards, to prevent it from running out, so long as there appeared offerers bidding a" gainst each other;" Fac. Coll. Burns, 27M Nov. 1807, DICT. v. SALE, App. No. 4. Nay, it would seem... | |
 | William Burge - Comparative law - 1838 - 910 pages
...been found competent for, and indeed the duty of the judge of the roup, by laying the sandglass on its side, or making it run backwards, to prevent it...there appeared offerers bidding against each other, (a) Nay, it would seem an irregularity sufficient to annul the sale, if the glass were allowed to run... | |
 | William Burge - Comparative law - 1838 - 904 pages
...annul the sale, if the glass were allowed to run out, so as prematurely to stop the competition. Where the judge of the roup, for want of a sand-glass, made use of his watch, and in the midst of the competition declared the sale at an end, and preferred, as the last bidder,... | |
 | John M'Laren - Inheritance and succession - 1863 - 604 pages
...running of a half-hour sand-glass, it is " the duty of the judge of the roup, by laying the sand-glass on its side, or making it run backwards, to prevent it from running out so long as there appear offerers bidding against each other" (b). Except at judicial sales, the practice now is, to... | |
 | John M'Laren - Inheritance and succession - 1894 - 814 pages
...running of a half-hour sand-glass, it is " the duty of the judge of the roup, by laying the sand-glass on its side, or making it run backwards, to prevent it from running out so long as there appear offerers bidding against each other." 8 Except at judicial gales, the practice now is 1 Stewart... | |
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... competent for, and indeed the duty of the judge of the roup, by laying the sandglass on its side, or making it run backwards, to prevent it from running out, so long as there appeared offerers bidding against each other... 