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Civil Litigation: House of frauds

The rule requiring many contracts to be in writing and signed by the party sought to be bound in order to be enforceable is called the “Statute of Frauds.” As everyone who has searched Wikipedia knows, that term comes from an Act of Parliament passed in 1677, entitled “An Act for Prevention of Frauds and ...