A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and Cheques |
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... drawn and payable abroad , if paid or negotiated here , is reduced to 6d . in the 1007 .; and by sect . 10 ( 2 ) the stamp on all bills payable not more than three days after date or sight is to be 1d . A rate of exchange for foreign ...
... drawn and payable abroad , if paid or negotiated here , is reduced to 6d . in the 1007 .; and by sect . 10 ( 2 ) the stamp on all bills payable not more than three days after date or sight is to be 1d . A rate of exchange for foreign ...
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... drawn in one place and payable in another ; no such requisite now exists by the law of England , or in most of the continental Codes , and the “ remise de place en place ” has disappeared from the French . ( 6 ) Chadwick v . Allen , 2 ...
... drawn in one place and payable in another ; no such requisite now exists by the law of England , or in most of the continental Codes , and the “ remise de place en place ” has disappeared from the French . ( 6 ) Chadwick v . Allen , 2 ...
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... drawn . Duty and Authority of Time of Presentment Liability of Drawer when Presentment is delayed As between Holder and his own Banker • Where Parties do not live in the same Place . 10 1 2222 2 2 2 Of Fraud in Filling up Cheques ...
... drawn . Duty and Authority of Time of Presentment Liability of Drawer when Presentment is delayed As between Holder and his own Banker • Where Parties do not live in the same Place . 10 1 2222 2 2 2 Of Fraud in Filling up Cheques ...
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... drawn by a customer against his balance . In America , where the line of distinction between banks and merchants is perhaps not so sharply drawn as here , the Supreme Court has been at pains on more than one occasion to point out the ...
... drawn by a customer against his balance . In America , where the line of distinction between banks and merchants is perhaps not so sharply drawn as here , the Supreme Court has been at pains on more than one occasion to point out the ...
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... drawn . All banker's cheques are now , therefore , subject to a stamp duty of one penny wherever made , and wherever the banker may live or carry on business , they may also be ante - dated , post - dated , dated on Sunday ( or other ...
... drawn . All banker's cheques are now , therefore , subject to a stamp duty of one penny wherever made , and wherever the banker may live or carry on business , they may also be ante - dated , post - dated , dated on Sunday ( or other ...
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance acceptance supra protest accommodation bill action agent agreement amount authority bank notes Bank of England banker bankrupt bankruptcy Bayley bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bill payable bills and notes Bing Byles on Bills Camp Chan CHAPTER cheque Code common law consideration contract Court creditor debt debtor defendant delivery discharge Dowl due course East entitled evidence Exch executor firm foreign bill fraud given held holder in due honour indorser instrument issue joint Jones liable Lord Ellenborough ment negotiable negotiable instrument note payable notice of dishonour paid partner partnership party payable on demand payable to bearer payee person plaintiff pleading principal promise to pay promissory note received recover repealed Scott sect set-off signature Smith stamp Stamp Act Stark statute Stra supra protest surety Taunt tion transfer unless Vict void
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Page 516 - A promissory note is defined as " 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 to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer
Page 404 - The civil practice act also provides under section 209 that all persons may be joined in one action as plaintiffs in whom any right to relief in respect of or arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions is alleged to exist whether jointly, severally or in the alternative, where if such persons brought separate actions any common question of law or fact would arise...
Page 503 - Where the instrument is not payable on demand, presentment must be made on the day it falls due. Where it is payable on demand, presentment must be made within a reasonable time after its issue, except that in the case of a bill of exchange, presentment for payment will be sufficient if made within a reasonable time after the last negotiation thereof.
Page 498 - 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.
Page 505 - 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...
Page 513 - Where the holder of a set indorses two or more parts to different persons he is liable on every such part, and every indorser subsequent to him is liable on the part he has himself indorsed, as if such parts were separate bills.
Page 493 - A bill may be made payable to two or more payees jointly, or it may be made payable in the alternative to one of two, or one or some of several payees. A bill may also be made payable to the holder of an office for the time being. (3). Where the payee is a fictitious or non-existing person the bill may be treated as payable to bearer.
Page 498 - ... no right to retain the bill or to give a discharge therefor or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto can be acquired through or under that signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to retain or enforce payment of the bill is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority : Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the ratification of an unauthorized signature not amounting to a forgery.
Page 506 - Where a foreign bill appearing on its face to be such is dishonored by non-acceptance, it must be duly protested for non-acceptance, and where such a bill which has not previously been dishonored by non-acceptance is dishonored by non-payment, it must be duly protested for non-payment. If it is not so protested, the drawer and indorsers are discharged. Where a bill does not appear on its face to be a foreign bill, protest thereof in case of dishonor is unnecessary.
Page 505 - Where notice is given by or on behalf of the holder, it enures for the benefit of all subsequent holders and all prior parties who have a right of recourse against the party to whom it is given.