The Maryland Code: Public General Laws : Adopted by the General Assembly of Maryland, March 14, 1888 : Including Also the Acts of the Session of 1888 Incorporated Therein... |
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... election to require something to be done in lieu of payment of money . But nothing in this section shall validate any provision or stipulation otherwise illegal . 25. The validity and negotiable character of an instrument are not ...
... election to require something to be done in lieu of payment of money . But nothing in this section shall validate any provision or stipulation otherwise illegal . 25. The validity and negotiable character of an instrument are not ...
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... election for managers , directors or other officers of such corporation elected by the stockholders thereof , shall give notice in writing of their intention to canvass the votes , which may be given at the next election thereof , and ...
... election for managers , directors or other officers of such corporation elected by the stockholders thereof , shall give notice in writing of their intention to canvass the votes , which may be given at the next election thereof , and ...
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... election with reference to which such notice shall be given , no person or body corporate shall vote by proxy on stock held in any private corporation unless the person , or in case of a body corporate the president , cashier , or some ...
... election with reference to which such notice shall be given , no person or body corporate shall vote by proxy on stock held in any private corporation unless the person , or in case of a body corporate the president , cashier , or some ...
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... election of its officers by votes to be cast in its subordinate bodies the votes so cast in its subordinate bodies in any other State , province or territory shall be valid as if cast within this State . Ibid . 143 N. Any person ...
... election of its officers by votes to be cast in its subordinate bodies the votes so cast in its subordinate bodies in any other State , province or territory shall be valid as if cast within this State . Ibid . 143 N. Any person ...
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... election and appointment to be made on the Sunday next suc- ceeding the first day of January in each and every year , and the incumbents to hold office until their respective successors shall be so as aforesaid elected or appointed , as ...
... election and appointment to be made on the Sunday next suc- ceeding the first day of January in each and every year , and the incumbents to hold office until their respective successors shall be so as aforesaid elected or appointed , as ...
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Page 30 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 27 - In order, however, that any such instrument when completed may be enforced against any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion, it must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time. But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authoritjgiven and within a reasonable...
Page 24 - Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
Page 24 - 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.
Page 50 - 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.
Page 27 - As between immediate parties, and as regards a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery, in order to be effectual, must be made either by, or under the authority of the party making, drawing...
Page 30 - 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 29 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 46 - 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 25 - Does not specify the place where it is drawn, or the place where it is payable ; or 4.