The Conflict of Laws Relating to Bills and Notes: Preceded by a Comparative Study of the Law of Bills and Notes |
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... foreign countries , the provisions of the Hague Convention relating to bills and notes , of 1912 , and the rules of the conflict of laws in foreign countries so far as they relate to bills and notes . The comparative study of the ...
... foreign countries , the provisions of the Hague Convention relating to bills and notes , of 1912 , and the rules of the conflict of laws in foreign countries so far as they relate to bills and notes . The comparative study of the ...
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... Foreign law C. Discussion 3. Holder in due course a . In general b . Anglo - American law ( 1 ) English law 136 136 136 140 142 142 143 143 ( 2 ) American law 143 C. Continental law 143 ( 1 ) German law 143 ( 2 ) Italian law 144 d ...
... Foreign law C. Discussion 3. Holder in due course a . In general b . Anglo - American law ( 1 ) English law 136 136 136 140 142 142 143 143 ( 2 ) American law 143 C. Continental law 143 ( 1 ) German law 143 ( 2 ) Italian law 144 d ...
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... foreign countries with reference to bills and notes . It may properly serve , therefore , as a basis of comparison between the Anglo - American system and that of other countries . The most striking contrast between the Uniform Law and ...
... foreign countries with reference to bills and notes . It may properly serve , therefore , as a basis of comparison between the Anglo - American system and that of other countries . The most striking contrast between the Uniform Law and ...
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... foreign currency.1 In England and in the United States , such instruments would not be bills or notes.18 5. To Order . The Uniform Law agrees with the Anglo - American and German19 law in allowing non - negotiable bills and notes ...
... foreign currency.1 In England and in the United States , such instruments would not be bills or notes.18 5. To Order . The Uniform Law agrees with the Anglo - American and German19 law in allowing non - negotiable bills and notes ...
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... foreign countries , but was unknown to the common law of England . Accordingly , the English cases held that where a party signed a bill of exchange as backer to an acceptor , the drawer to whose order the bill of exchange was drawn ...
... foreign countries , but was unknown to the common law of England . Accordingly , the English cases held that where a party signed a bill of exchange as backer to an acceptor , the drawer to whose order the bill of exchange was drawn ...
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acceptance for honor acceptance supra protest acceptor according alternative rule Anglo-American law apply Article authority autres B. E. A. sec Bank bill of exchange bill or note bill payable bills and notes capacity cheque Clunet conflict of laws Convention courts d'une deemed délai determined Diena dishonoured doit domicile drawer and indorsers drawer or indorser drawn droit due course être Exchange Act foreign give notice Hague holder in due law governing lettre de change lex domicilii lex loci contractus lex loci solutionis lex patriae lieu Lyon-Caen & Renault maturity ment Minakuchi Montevideo N. I. L. sec negotiable instrument non-acceptance notice of dishonor obligation Ottolenghi paiement parties liable payee peut place of issue place of payment place of performance porteur presented for payment presentment for acceptance promissory note protêt provisions question regards right of recourse signature stipulation thereof tion tiré tireur Trattato Uniform Law validity vis major
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Page 214 - 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...
Page 181 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this act, though coupled with — 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument. But an order or promise to pay out of a particular fund is not unconditional.
Page 185 - ... delivery 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 29 - 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.
Page 230 - Where a bill is addressed to two or more drawees who are not partners, presentment must be made to them all...
Page 247 - Where a banker in good faith and without negligence receives payment for a customer of a cheque crossed generally or specially to himself, and the customer has no title, or a defective title, thereto, the banker shall not incur any liability to the true owner of the cheque by reason only of having received such payment.
Page 243 - The notarial act of honor must be founded on a declaration made by the payer for honor or by his agent in that behalf declaring his intention to pay the bill for honor and for whose honor he pays.
Page 198 - Except as herein otherwise provided, when a negotiable instrument has been dishonored by non-acceptance or non-payment, notice of dishonor must be given to the drawer and to each indorser, and any drawer or indorser to whom such notice is not given is discharged.
Page 226 - 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.
Page 186 - No person is liable on the instrument whose signature does not appear thereon, except as herein otherwise expressly provided. But one who signs in a trade or assumed name will be liable to the same extent as if he had signed in his own name.