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" 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... "
The Pacific Reporter - Page 433
1913
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A Handbook of the Law of Scotland

James Lorimer - Law - 1885 - 688 pages
...Scotland only, has been adopted for the United Kingdom. 1544. [Definition. — The Act defines a bill as "an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one...determinable future time, a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer." 1545. [If it orders any act to be done in addition...
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Principles of the Common Law: An Elementary Work Intended for the Use of ...

John Indermaur - Common law - 1885 - 628 pages
...codifies the whole law with regard to such instruments. By that Act a bill of exchange is defined as " an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one...a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain iu money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer" (7). A promissory note is defined...
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The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and the ...

Virginia - Law - 1899 - 724 pages
...TITLE II. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. ARTICLE I. FORM AND INTERPRETATION. §126. BILL OF EXCHANGE DEFINED. — A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing...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...
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Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 8

Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - Banks and banking - 1887 - 752 pages
...upon the subject." Now, looking at sect. 8, to which he went on to refer, it provides this: — " (1.) A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing,...determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to Iwarer. (2) An instrument which docs not comply with these...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 190

Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
...the Acts of Arkansas 1913, known as the law of negotiable instruments, defines a bill of exchange: "An unconditional order in writing addressed by one...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...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 167

Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1414 pages
...unconditional promise in writing 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 order or bearer. Held that, by the repeal of section 483 by the Negotiable Instruments Act, which makes all...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 101

Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1332 pages
...made by one to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determlnable future time, a sum certain in money, to order or to bearer." Section 8 of the act Is In these words: "An Instrument Is payable to order where It Is drawn payable...
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The Maryland Code: Public General Laws : Adopted by the General Assembly of ...

Maryland - Law - 1898 - 700 pages
...respect, is a material alteration. CHAPTER X — Bills of Exchange ; Form and Interpretation. 145. A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing...time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer. 146. A bill of itself does not operate as an assignment of the funds in the hands of the drawee available...
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The New York Supplement, Volume 93

Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1266 pages
...bill of exchange, drawn on a bank, payable on demand ; and section 210 defines a bill of exchange as an unconditional order, in writing, addressed by one...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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The New York Supplement, Volume 170

Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1258 pages
...by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a iixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or to bearer." "Sec. 321. * * * A check is a bill of exchange drawn on a bank payable, on demand." The instrument...
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