 A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of this, act 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 determined future time, a sum certain- in money to order,...  Uniform State Laws in the United States - Page 164by Charles Thaddeus Terry - 1920 - 688 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Hayne Carter - 1885 - 260 pages
...sub-sect. 1). HI.— PROMISSORY NOTES. This note is as often called in England a note of hand, and is an unconditional promise in writing made by one...determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer (45 and 46 Viet., cap. 61, sect. 83). It is precisely... | |
 | James Lorimer - Law - 1885 - 688 pages
...hundred pounds sterling for value. (Signed) CD 1604. [The definition of the Act is — "A promissory note is an unconditional promise in writing made by one...determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer." It cannot be drawn for less than 20s. (8 and... | |
 | John Indermaur - Common law - 1885 - 628 pages
...money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer" (7). A promissory note is defined as " an unconditional promise in writing, made by one person...determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer " (m). A cheque is defined as " a bill of exchange... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1414 pages
...subsection 184 of which defines a negotiable promissory note as an unconditional promise in writing by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging...determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or bearer. Held that, by the repeal of section 483 by the Negotiable Instruments Act, which makes all... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1332 pages
...future time. (4) Must be payable to order or to bearer." By section 184 of this act it Is provided: "A negotiable promissory note, within the meaning...Is an unconditional promise In writing, made by one to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determlnable future time,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
...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 order or to bearer." So far as disclosed in this record, the order in question in form and substance conforms to this definition... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1899 - 724 pages
...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 order or to bearer. § 127. BILL NOT AN ASSIGNMENT OF FUNDS IN HANDS OF DRAWEE.— A bill of itself does not operate as... | |
 | Maryland - Law - 1898 - 700 pages
...discharged. CHAPTER XVII— Promissory Notes and Checks. 203. A negotiable promissory note within tlie meaning of this act is an unconditional promise in...signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sutn certain in money to order or to bearer. Where a note is drawn... | |
 | William Cox Cochran - Law - 1888 - 352 pages
...or non-performance, of a particular thin;;. See Consideration Promissory note, or note of hand, mi unconditional promise in writing, made by one person...signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed, or deterrainablo future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of, such other, or... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1266 pages
...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 order or to bearer. As the instrument in question was not drawn on a bank, and was not therefore a check, it came within... | |
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