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 | John Frederick Haynes - English law - 1884 - 736 pages
...unconditional promise in Promissory writing made by one person to another signed by the maker, notc(lellned. engaging to pay, on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer. (2.) An instrument in the form of a note payable... | |
 | Accounting - 1884 - 512 pages
...determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person or to bearer. writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determmable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person or... | |
 | South Australia - Law - 1884 - 330 pages
...reason only of having received such payment. PART IV. PROMISSORY NOTES. 83. (1.) A promissory note is an unconditional promise in . writing made by one person to another signed by the maker, deanedT"7 "" engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1236 pages
...addressed by one person to another, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or bearer, and hence were not binding on the drawee until accepted by it in writing, under secticn 3517,... | |
 | Aviet Agabeg, William Frederick Barry - Bills of exchange - 1884 - 286 pages
...person giving it (ie the drawer) requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum, certain in money to or to the order of a specified person or to bearer; so the acceptance of a bill of exchange, which... | |
 | James Lorimer - Law - 1885 - 688 pages
...hundred pounds sterling for value. (Signed) CD 1604. [The definition of the Act is — "A promissory note is an unconditional promise in writing made by one...determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer." It cannot be drawn for less than 20s. (8 and... | |
 | Frederick Hayne Carter - 1885 - 260 pages
...sub-sect. 1). HI.— PROMISSORY NOTES. This note is as often called in England a note of hand, and is an unconditional promise in writing made by one...determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer (45 and 46 Viet., cap. 61, sect. 83). It is precisely... | |
 | John Indermaur - Common law - 1885 - 628 pages
...money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer" (7). A promissory note is defined as " an unconditional promise in writing, made by one person...determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer " (m). A cheque is defined as " a bill of exchange... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1899 - 724 pages
...PROMISSORY NOTES AND CHECES. ARTICLE I. PROMISSORY NOTES AND CHECKS. S 184. PROMISSORY NOTE DEFINED. — A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of...time a sum certain in money to order or to bearer. Where a note is drawn to the maker's own order it is not complete till indorsed by him. § 185. CHECK... | |
 | Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - Banks and banking - 1887 - 754 pages
...signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to Iwarer. (2) An instrument which docs not comply with these... | |
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