Cheques: Their Origin and Development, and how They are Handled by an English BankSir I. Pitman & sons, Limited, 1923 - 185 strani |
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act of bankruptcy amount articles payable authority Bank of England bank's Barrister-at-Law bearer cheque Bills Discounted Bills of Exchange blank endorsement branch or bank cashier Chap CHAPTER cheques and bills cheques drawn cheques paid cheques presented clearing banks Clearing House cloth gilt collecting banker Companies Country Clearing creditor crossed cheque crown 8vo Current Account debit debtor debts demand demy 8vo dividend warrants drafts drawer Edition endorsement head office holder for value holder in due house cheques Ibid Institute of Bankers issue John Paget latter liability Lombard Bank London Agent London bank London Clearing Metropolitan Clearing negotiable negotiable instrument notice of dishonour office or London order cheque overdraft party pass book Pay A B payee paying bank paying banker person practice principal receipt regard remitted respective RESTRICTIVE ENDORSEMENT Sect signature signed Smith stamp town clearing transfer trustee United Kingdom unless unpaid usually voucher
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Stran 69 - In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due course, a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defenses as if it were non-negotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Stran 69 - Where a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority.
Stran 80 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words ' not negotiable, ' he shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Stran 68 - That he took the bill in good faith and for value, and that at the time the bill was negotiated to him he had no notice of any defect in the title of the person who negotiated it.
Stran 4 - SOLICITOR'S OFFICE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTS. By EA COPE and HWH ROBINS. In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 176 pp., with numerous forms.
Stran 68 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Stran 7 - DICTIONARY OF SECRETARIAL LAW AND PRACTICE. A comprehensive Encyclopaedia of information and direction on all matters connected with the work of a Company Secretary. Fully illustrated with the necessary forms and documents. With sections on special branches of Secretarial Work.
Stran 86 - 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.
Stran 68 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Stran 7 - CHAIRMAN'S MANUAL. Being a Guide to the Management of Meetings in general, and of Meetings of Local Authorities ; with separate and complete treatment of the Meetings of Public Companies.