Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promissory Notes |
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... party who makes the fame , w ' fuch party promises to pay unto any other person , or his order , a of money therein mentioned , are not affignable or indorfable within the custom of Merchants , to any other person ; and that fuch to ...
... party who makes the fame , w ' fuch party promises to pay unto any other person , or his order , a of money therein mentioned , are not affignable or indorfable within the custom of Merchants , to any other person ; and that fuch to ...
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... party writing , figning , accepting , or paying it , or fection which directs that the duty fhall be paid by the perfon making fuck bills , from the 10th fection , which imposes a penalty upon any person writing or figning a bill on ...
... party writing , figning , accepting , or paying it , or fection which directs that the duty fhall be paid by the perfon making fuck bills , from the 10th fection , which imposes a penalty upon any person writing or figning a bill on ...
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... parties ) after it has once iffued , or after the time when it was originally payable it ( a ) requires a new ftamp . No Bill or Note can properly be made or indorsed by , nor can a bill be properly addreffed to any perfon incapable of ...
... parties ) after it has once iffued , or after the time when it was originally payable it ( a ) requires a new ftamp . No Bill or Note can properly be made or indorsed by , nor can a bill be properly addreffed to any perfon incapable of ...
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... parties . Bills and Notes are affigned either by deli- very only , or by indorsement and delivery . Bills and Notes payable to order are affignable by the latter mode only ; Bills and Notes payable to bearer , and Bills and Notes ...
... parties . Bills and Notes are affigned either by deli- very only , or by indorsement and delivery . Bills and Notes payable to order are affignable by the latter mode only ; Bills and Notes payable to bearer , and Bills and Notes ...
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... party to the Bill or Note ; on a transfer by indorfement , he ( c ) is to all intents and purposes a new drawer . Upon Bills and Notes for the payment of lefs than £ 5 . the indorsement ( d ) must be attefted by one fubfcribing witnefs ...
... party to the Bill or Note ; on a transfer by indorfement , he ( c ) is to all intents and purposes a new drawer . Upon Bills and Notes for the payment of lefs than £ 5 . the indorsement ( d ) must be attefted by one fubfcribing witnefs ...
Common terms and phrases
abfolute acceptor action againſt affignable affumpfit aforefaid afterwards againſt the Drawer alfo anſwer Bank of England banker bearer becauſe bill drawn bill of exchange Bill or Note bill payable Bills and Notes Buller Burr cafe caſe cauſe commiffion confideration court held debt declaration Defendant demurrer diſcharged Dougl draught expreffed fame fays fecond Feme Covert fent fhall fhould fignature figned firſt fome foreign bill ftamp duty ftated fuch bill fuch Note fued fufficient fum of money himſelf holder iffued indorfed infifted inland bill intereft intitled iſſued judgment liable Lord Hardwicke Lord Kenyon Lord Mansfield Lord Raym maker muſt neceffary negotiable non-acceptance Note payable notice otherwife paid parties Payee payment perfon perfon or perfons Plaintiff poft promiffory notes promiſe to pay proteft purpoſe queſtion reaſonable refufal refuſed reſpect ſaid Salk ſhall ſtamp ſtated ſuch Term Rep thereof theſe three days grace trial ufance uſe verdict Vide
Popular passages
Page 126 - ... that all bonds, contracts, and assurances whatsoever, made after the time aforesaid, for payment of any principal, or money to be lent or covenanted to be performed upon or for any usury, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved or taken above the rate of five pounds in the hundred, as aforesaid, shall be utterly void...
Page 125 - ... won by gaming or playing at cards, dice, tables, tennis, bowls, or other game or games...
Page 16 - ... shall be pleaded or given in evidence in any Court, or admitted in any Court to be good, useful or available in law or equity...
Page 74 - ... within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey ; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 70 - Guildhall, that it is not an excuse for not demanding payment on a note or bill, or for not giving notice of non-payment, that the maker or acceptor has become a bankrupt, as many ways may remain of obtaining payment by the assistance of friends or otherwise.
Page 80 - ... where the drawer has no effects in the hands of the drawee i<f) ; for it is a fraud in itself, and if that can be proved, the notice may be dispensed with.
Page 80 - ... that the drawer had no effects in the hands of the drawee from the time the bill was drawn till the time it became due, he is liable, without proof of demand and notice.
Page 74 - Know all men, that I, AB, on the day of at the usual place of abode of the said have demanded payment of the bill, of the which the above is the copy, which the said did not pay, wherefore I the said do hereby protest the said bill. Dated this day of *II. Which protest so made as aforesaid shall, within fourteen 1 J days after making thereof, be sent, or otherwise due notice shall be given thereof, to the party from...
Page 80 - The case of Bickerdike v. Bollman," says Lord Ellenborough, " went upon the ground, that the drawer had no effects in the hands of the drawee at the time of the bill drawn, and the other cases followed on the same ground.
Page 46 - On not guilty pleaded, and verdict for the Plaintiff, it was moved in Arreft of Judgment, that the Action did not lie, for tho...