Excerpt from A Compendium of Mercantile Law, Vol. 2 of 2 Where a domiciled Englishman has his permanent home abroad no such intent will be inferred (f). As in the case of departure from the realm, so in the case of departure from the dwelling-house, there must be an intent, at the moment of departure, to delay creditors and if there be such an intent, there need not be an actual delay (g). It seems, that if a person were to depart from his dwelling-house, with intent to delay creditors in case a certain event should happen, which event, however, did not happen, that might not be an act of bankruptcy (h). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.