Bills, Notes and Cheques: The Bills of Exchange Act, 1890, Canada, and the Amending Act of 1891, with Notes and Illustrations from Canadian, English and American Decisions, and References to Ancient and Modern French Law |
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... Victoria University ; and Honorary Lecturer on Comparative Jurisprudence in the University of Toronto . TORONTO : THE CARSWELL CO . ( LTD . ) LAW PUBLISHERS , 1892 . Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada ,
... Victoria University ; and Honorary Lecturer on Comparative Jurisprudence in the University of Toronto . TORONTO : THE CARSWELL CO . ( LTD . ) LAW PUBLISHERS , 1892 . Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada ,
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... VICTORIA , CHAPTER 17 , AS AMENDED BY 54-55 VICTORIA , CHAPTER 17 ( 1891 ) . An Act relating to Bills of Exchange , Cheques , and Promissory Notes . BY legislation . Y the British North America Act , section 92 , sub - section Dominion ...
... VICTORIA , CHAPTER 17 , AS AMENDED BY 54-55 VICTORIA , CHAPTER 17 ( 1891 ) . An Act relating to Bills of Exchange , Cheques , and Promissory Notes . BY legislation . Y the British North America Act , section 92 , sub - section Dominion ...
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... Vict . cap . 61 , the full title of which is " An Act to codify the law relating to Bills of Exchange , Cheques and Promissory Notes . " The changes proposed at that time were restricted almost entirely to substituting " Canada " for ...
... Vict . cap . 61 , the full title of which is " An Act to codify the law relating to Bills of Exchange , Cheques and Promissory Notes . " The changes proposed at that time were restricted almost entirely to substituting " Canada " for ...
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... rules of evidence laid down by the laws of England . " In 1793 a statute was passed to facilitate the negotiation of promis- sory notes : 34 Geo . 3 , c . 2 . In the Act of 1849 , 12 Vict . c 8 BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT , 1890 .
... rules of evidence laid down by the laws of England . " In 1793 a statute was passed to facilitate the negotiation of promis- sory notes : 34 Geo . 3 , c . 2 . In the Act of 1849 , 12 Vict . c 8 BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT , 1890 .
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... Vict . c . 22 , for the first time a general law on the subject was enacted , embodying pro- visions that up to that time had existed in custom alone . This statute , passed by the Parliament of United Canada , does not purport to be ...
... Vict . c . 22 , for the first time a general law on the subject was enacted , embodying pro- visions that up to that time had existed in custom alone . This statute , passed by the Parliament of United Canada , does not purport to be ...
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acceptance supra protest acceptor accommodation bill addressed agent authority Bank of Montreal banker bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bill payable bills and notes bona fide holder C. C. Art cheque Civil Code clause consideration contract Court creditor debt debtor defendant delivery discharged drawer and indorsers due course entitled fraud give notice holder for value holder in due honor ILLUSTRATIONS Imperial Act inland bill instrument law merchant Lower Canada maker maturity ment Molsons Bank negotiable non-acceptance non-payment notary note given note payable notice of dishonor Nova Scotia Ontario overruled paid partner party payable on demand payable to bearer payable to order payee personally liable place of payment plaintiff presented for payment promise to pay promissory note provinces qualified acceptance Quebec Quebec Bank recover Reports rule signature signed Statutes sub-section subsequent sufficient thereof tion transfer Upper Canada valid Vict words
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Page 210 - Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery.
Page 171 - A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 37 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, 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 bearer.
Page 125 - ... may be shown to have been conditional or for a special purpose only and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument.
Page 417 - EXCHANGE is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, 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.
Page 194 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 135 - ... on behalf of the Company, by any agent, officer or servant of the Company, in general accordance with his powers as such under the by-laws of the...
Page 247 - Where the holder of a bill drawn payable elsewhere than at the place of business or the residence of the drawee has not time with the exercise of reasonable diligence to present the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment on the day that it falls due, the delay caused by presenting the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment is excused, and does not discharge the drawers and indorsers.
Page 282 - A written notice need not be signed and an insufficient written notice may be supplemented and validated by verbal communication. A misdescription of the instrument does not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby.
Page 184 - Where the holder has a lien on the instrument, arising either from contract or by implication of law, he is deemed a holder for value to the extent of his lien.