A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and ChequesSweet and Maxwell, 1923 - 442 páginas |
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A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-Notes ... John Barnard Byles Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and ... John Barnard Byles Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
acceptor accommodation bill action agent agreement alteration amount authority bank notes Bank of England banker bankruptcy bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bill payable bills and notes Bing Camp Canada S. C. cheque common law consideration contract Court creditor crossed cheque debt debtor defendant delivery discharge drawer due course East entitled evidence fact fraud given held holder in due honour indorser issue L. J. Ch L. J. Ex law merchant liable London Lord Lord Ellenborough maker Manitoba ment Negotiable Instruments notice of dishonour Ontario L. R. paid partner party payable on demand payable to bearer payee person plaintiff presented for payment promissory note Quebec C. S. received recover signature Smith Stamp Act Stark statute subsequent supra suprà protest surety Taunt thereof transfer Transvaal unless Vict Western L. R. Zealand L. R.
Pasajes populares
Página 154 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him, is conclusively presumed.
Página lxxx - A cheque is a Bill of Exchange drawn on a banker payable on demand. Promissory Note. — A Promissory Note is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money...
Página 263 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases — 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not. having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2. Where the indorser is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment; 3. Where the instrument was made or accepted for his accommodation.
Página 182 - The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. The acceptance must be in writing and signed by the drawee. It must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment of money.
Página 148 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Página 206 - ... partners, and no place of payment is specified, presentment for payment may be made to any one of them, even though there has been a dissolution of the firm.
Página 141 - In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due course, a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defenses as if it were non-negotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Página 249 - Where the person giving and the person to receive notice reside in different places, the notice must be given within the following times : 1. If...
Página 116 - When the acceptor of a bill drawn in a set pays it without requiring the part bearing his acceptance to be delivered up to him, and that part at maturity is outstanding in the hands of a holder in due course, he is liable to the holder thereon.
Página 184 - A bill of itself does not operate as an assignment of the funds in the hands of the drawee available for the payment thereof, and the drawee is not liable on the bill unless and until he accepts the same.