Bills of Exchange: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Communication from the Secretary of State, Relating to and Accompanied by a Report, from the American Delegation to the International Congress on Bills of Exchange Held at The Hague, in the Summer of 1912United States. Delegation to the International conference on bills of exchange, The Hague, 1912, United States. Delegation to the International Conference on Bills of Exchange, 1912, Hague, Netherlands U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - 465 strani |
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acceptor according adopted advance draft Asser Austria autre aval bank banker bearer Belgium bill of ex bill of exchange Brazil business day Carlin certified check check law checks drawn chèque clause committee of revision conference considered contre countries crossed check d'une declared deemed délai delegates domicile drawer droit endosseurs English law Ernest-Picard Etats contractants été expressed Fischel fixed France French German Government guarantee Hague Hammerschlag holder honor Hungary indication indorsement inserted instrument international private law issue jour l'acceptation l'article l'échéance legislation lettre de change lieu Lyon-Caen maturity ment Nagy negotiable instruments Netherlands nonacceptance obligation OLD ARTICLE paiement paragraph parties liable payable person peut être place of payment porteur presented for acceptance president promissory note proposed proposition protêt provisions question rapporteurs regard right of recourse rule sight signature stipulation territory tion tiré tireur uniform law uniform regulation valid vis major vote words
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Stran 387 - 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.
Stran 340 - The subsequent deposits of ratifications shall be made by means of a written notification addressed to the Netherland Government and accompanied by the instrument of ratification.
Stran 377 - Every contract on a negotiable instrument is incomplete and revocable until delivery of the instrument for the purpose of giving effect thereto. 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, accepting, or indorsing, as the case may be ; and in such case the delivery may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only,...
Stran 388 - ' includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not, who carry on the business of banking. "Bankrupt" includes any person whose estate is vested in a trustee or assignee under the law for the time being in force relating to bankruptcy. "Bearer" means the person in possession of a bill or note which is payable to bearer. "Bill" means bill of exchange, and "note
Stran 392 - Where the banker, on whom a crossed cheque is drawn, in good faith and without negligence pays it, if crossed generally, to a banker, and if crossed specially, to the banker to whom it is crossed, or his agent for collection...
Stran 391 - Where a bill, issued out of the United Kingdom, conforms, as regards requisites in form, to the law of the United Kingdom, it may, for the purpose of enforcing payment thereof, be treated as valid as between all persons who negotiate, hold, or become parties to it in the United Kingdom.
Stran 461 - When the day of maturity falls upon Sunday, or a holiday, the instrument is payable on the next succeeding business day. Instruments falling due on Saturday are to be presented for payment on the next succeeding business day, except that instruments payable on demand may, at the option of the holder, be presented for payment before twelve o'clock noon on Saturday when that entire day is not a holiday.
Stran 458 - 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.
Stran 458 - But nothing in this section shall alter or repeal any statute requiring in certain cases the nature of the consideration to be stated in the instrument.
Stran 391 - When a bill payable to order on demand is drawn on a banker, and the banker on whom it is drawn pays the bill in good faith and in the ordinary course of business, it is not incumbent on the banker to show that the indorsement of the payee or any subsequent indorsement was made by or under the authority of the person whose indorsement it purports to be, and the banker is deemed to have paid the bill in due course, although such indorsement has been forged or made without authority.