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CHAP. II.
What Trade or Profession a man must be of, and profess: Or, what kind of Trader he must be, that brings him within the Statutes of Bank∣rupts.
IN the next place I shall shew, how and when one may be said to be a Bankrupt; and what it is that makes a man become a Bankrupt.
And as to that, it is to be considered;
- 1. What kind of Trade, Occupation, or Profession a man must be of, or what kind of Dealing he must follow, before he can be adjudged to be a a Bankrupt.
- 2. What Acts one must do, or permit and suffer, which will make him a Bankrupt within these Statutes, or any of them.
1. What kind of Trade, Occupation, or Profession a man must be of; or what kind of dealing he must follow, before he can be adjudged to be a Bank∣rupt.
Stat. 13 Eliz. c. 1. If any Merchant, or other person, using or exercising the Trade of Merchandize, by way of bargaining,