Application of s.4 of Statute of Frauds 1677
2 Application of s.4 of Statute of Frauds 1677
The provisions of section four of the Statute of Frauds, 1677, continue in force in this State in relation to any promise or agreement, whether made before or after the coming into operation of this Act, as if the following passages were deleted from that section, namely —
“whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate; or”;
“or to charge any person on upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage”; and
“or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof”.
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