American Contract Law for a Global Age, 2017a

sold, the terms of the sale, the name of the purchaser, and the name of the person on
whose account the sale was made, such memorandum is equivalent in effect to a note of
the contract or sale, subscribed by the party to be charged therewith;
7. [Repealed]
8. [Repealed]
9. Is a contract to assign or an assignment, with or without consideration to the
promisor, of a life or health or accident insurance policy, or a promise, with or without
consideration to the promisor, to name a beneficiary of any such policy. This provision
shall not apply to a policy of industrial life or health or accident insurance.
§ 5-703. Conveyances and contracts concerning real property required to be in writing
1. An estate or interest in real property . . . other than a lease for a term not exceeding
one year . . . cannot be created . . . unless by . . . a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by
the person creating . . . the same, or by his lawful agent, thereunto authorized by writing. . . .
2. A contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale, of any real
property, or an interest therein, is void unless the contract or some note or memorandum thereof,
expressing the consideration, is in writing, subscribed by the party to be charged, or by his lawful
agent thereunto authorized by writing.
3. A contract to devise real property or establish a trust of real property, or any interest
therein or right with reference thereto, is void unless the contract or some note or memorandum
thereof is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith, or by his lawfully
authorized agent.
4. Nothing contained in this section abridges the powers of courts of equity to compel the
specific performance of agreements in cases of part performance.
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