A debt or liability arising in any country may be discharged by the laws of that country, and that such a discharge, if it extinguishes the debt or liability, and does not merely interfere with the remedies or course of procedure to enforce it, will be an effectual answer to the claim, not only in the courts of that country, but in every other country.
Judges:
Lord King
Citations:
(1726) 2 Stra 733
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Ellis v M’Henry CCP 1871
A debt or liability arising in any country may be discharged by the laws of that country, and such a discharge, if it extinguishes the debt or liability, and does not merely interfere with the remedies or course of procedure to enforce it, will be . .
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Litigation Practice, Jurisdiction
Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.183529