Banking and Negotiable Instruments: A Manual of Practical LawA. & C. Black, 1906 - 386 pages |
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... practical importance , as the owner of the gold loses the use of it when it is being coined , and there is an alternative right conferred by the 3rd section of the FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE COINAGE ACT . GOLD- Five Pound MONEY 37.
... practical importance , as the owner of the gold loses the use of it when it is being coined , and there is an alternative right conferred by the 3rd section of the FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE COINAGE ACT . GOLD- Five Pound MONEY 37.
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... owner as against the whole world , except the person who lost it . He can sue the maker upon it , and so also can ... owner to recover either the note or its value . In the case of a lost note being found on private property , the owner ...
... owner as against the whole world , except the person who lost it . He can sue the maker upon it , and so also can ... owner to recover either the note or its value . In the case of a lost note being found on private property , the owner ...
Page 57
... owner could not be found , demanded them back . The Court held that the finder was entitled to them , and not the shopkeeper . The ground of the decision was that the notes being dropped in the public part of the shop , were never in ...
... owner could not be found , demanded them back . The Court held that the finder was entitled to them , and not the shopkeeper . The ground of the decision was that the notes being dropped in the public part of the shop , were never in ...
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... owner . But as the rules of the Stock Exchange disregard the Act , it has not been of much use . Chartered Banks . - One way of obtaining incorporation is by the grant of a charter from the Crown . But the Crown , in exercising its ...
... owner . But as the rules of the Stock Exchange disregard the Act , it has not been of much use . Chartered Banks . - One way of obtaining incorporation is by the grant of a charter from the Crown . But the Crown , in exercising its ...
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... owner , or in respect of matters of freight , or of any matters connected with a bill of lading which the bank holds as security . When bankers have thus acquired such liabilities , they cannot afterwards turn round and say that what ...
... owner , or in respect of matters of freight , or of any matters connected with a bill of lading which the bank holds as security . When bankers have thus acquired such liabilities , they cannot afterwards turn round and say that what ...
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Banking and Negotiable Instruments: A Maunal of Practical Law Frank Tillyard, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
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acceptance acceptance supra protest acceptor advances aforesaid agent amount assigns authorised authority balance bank notes Bank of England banker Banking Company bill of exchange bill of lading Bill or Bills blank transfer branch bank bullion certificates charge cheque circulation Companies Act Companies Act 1862 contract Court creditor customer's debentures debt debtor deposit documents drafts drawee drawer drawn enacted England notes entitled equitable estopped Exchange Act 1882 executors firm given governor and company held hereby honour indorsement interest invoice issue department issue notes JONES letter of credit liable lien limited London Lord manager memorandum ment mortgage negotiable instruments owner paid partners partnership party payable to bearer payee payment person plaintiffs pounds present principal promissory note protest provisions purchaser receipt received registered shares signature surety thereof trust United Kingdom warrant
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Page 231 - 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.
Page 255 - A cheque is a Bill of Exchange drawn on a banker payable on demand. Promissory Note. — A Promissory Note 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 determinable future time, a sum...
Page 282 - ... agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title, under any sale, pledge or other disposition thereof...
Page 156 - The rule of law is clear that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 236 - procuration" operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is bound only in case the agent in so signing acted within the actual limits of his authority Sec.
Page 235 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him, is conclusively presumed.
Page 244 - Where the instrument has been dishonored in the hands of an agent, he may either himself give notice to the parties liable thereon, or he may give notice to his principal. If he give notice to his principal, he must do so within the same time as if he were the holder, and the principal upon the receipt of such notice has himself the same time for giving notice as if the agent had been an independent holder.
Page 60 - Provided that, where a bill has been materially altered, but the alteration is not apparent, and the bill is in the hands of a holder in due course, such holder may avail himself of the bill as if it had not been altered, and may enforce payment of it according to its original tenor.
Page 159 - A bill payable on demand is deemed to be overdue within the meaning and for the purposes of this section, when it appears on the face of it to have been in circulation for an unreasonable length of time. What is an unreasonable length of time for this purpose is a question of fact.
Page 253 - Where a bill has been paid for honor, all parties subsequent to the party for whose honor it is paid are discharged, but the payer for honor is subrogated for, and succeeds to, both the rights and duties of the holder as regards the party for whose honor he pays and all parties liable to the latter.