 | Alfred Nixon - Commercial law - 1907 - 336 pages
...expressed to be so payable, ie at a fixed time after date or sight, or at a fixed period after date or the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening is uncertain ; but time cannot be calculated in respect of events which may or may not happen, eg the... | |
 | John Delatre Falconbridge - Banking law - 1907 - 736 pages
...expressed to be payable,— ttme*" 11'1 * (a) at sight or at a fixed period after date or sight; Sight. (6) on or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified specified event which is certain to happen, though the time of hap- event pening is uncertain. 53 V.,... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1887 - 464 pages
...meaning of this act which is expressed to be payable — (1) At a fixed period after date or sight. (2) On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a...the happening of the event does not cure the defect. A privilege of paying the bill before maturity shall not invalidate it. SEC. 12. That where a bill... | |
 | United States - Law - 1962 - 810 pages
...after date or sight ; or (2) on or before a fixed or determinate future time specified therein ; or (3) on or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a...is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the... | |
 | William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - Law - 1916 - 1200 pages
...after date or sight; (2) on or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or (3) on or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event vhieh is certain to happen, although the time of happening is uncertain. It further provides that an... | |
 | 1927 - 1042 pages
...contained in the bills of exchange aft of lS*i paragraph 11, subheading 2, which reads as follows: "An instrument expressed to be payable on a contingency...happening of the event does not cure the defect." Refusal to pay a sight bill, or a time bill, or an accepted bill. pending arrival and inspection of... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1899 - 650 pages
...after date or sight; or 2. On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or 3. On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a...is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1917 - 224 pages
...and Interpretation f 24 2. On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or 3. On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a...is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Commercial Court - Commercial law - 1900 - 500 pages
...orders any act to be done in addition to the payment of money, is not a bill of exchange. s. 11 (2). An instrument expressed to be payable on a contingency...the happening of the event does not cure the defect. 1S09 _ of money in payment of a debt subject to the proviso of a stamped receipt being given, it has... | |
 | 1921 - 1542 pages
...after date or sight ; or (2) on or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; cr (3) on or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a...is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the... | |
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On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect. 
