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AUCTION AND AUCTIONEERS, acquiescence of vendor in purchase by auctioneer, effect of, 515 advertisement of auction, misrepresentation as to authority by, 509 property withdrawn after, 509 assignment by vendor, subject to auctioneer's lien, 517 authority,

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breach of warranty of, 519 coupled with interest irrevocable, 504 delegation of, forbidden, 502 extent of, 502 implied exclusion of, 503 to receive deposits, 503

purchase-money on goods only, 503 to sign for both parties, 504, 505 cannot be delegated to clerk, 505 irrevocable, 504, 505 misrepresentation of, by advertisement, 509 sell, to, below reserve price, not implied, 502, 503 by private contract, not implied, 504 revocation of, 504 termination of, 503 warranty, to give, not implied, 503 bailee for reward, auctioneer is, 514 bill of exchange, payment of deposit by, 503 sale, contract signed by auctioneer may constitute, 506 care and diligence, duty to use, 514 cattle, sale of, 508 cheque, payment of deposit by, 503 commission, 515, 516 loss of, through negligence or misconduct, 516 payable to auctioneer without sale at auction in certain cases, 516 conditions of sale, 509. See conduct of sale, conduct of sale, 506 512 advertisement of auction, 509 bidding, withdrawals during, 510, 511 under reserve price, 511 correction of misdescription, 510 "damping," 511, 512 " knock out," 512 misstatement by auctioneer, 510 particulars and conditions, 509 reserve price, notification of, 508 right of vendor to bid, 509 notification of, 508, 509 signature of auctioneer prevented by vendor, 511 statements by auctioneer, 510 statutory regulations, 506 508 name and address, exposure of, 506 production of licence, 507 sale of cattle in mart, 508 unredeemed pledges, 507 time and place of, 506 contract of auctioneer with vendor, 502 conversion by auctioneer, action for, 520, 521 third person, 520 Court, sale under order of, licence for, 501 criminal conspiracy, mock auction constitutes, 509 damages, measure of, against auctioneer, 521 "damping," 511, 512 definition, 500 delegation of authority, 502 delivery of goods, auctioneer's liability for, 518 deposit, auctioneer's authority to receive, 503 liability to pay without interest, 513 lien on, 517 loss of, in auctioneer's hands, 512 premature payment of, 512 purchaser entitled to return of, a defence to vendors' claim for, 512 retention of, by auctioneer as stakeholder, 512 distress, exemption from, of goods delivered to auctioneer for sale, 520

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