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Acceptor for honour

Acceptor for honour, When the bill of exchange has been noted or protested for non-acceptance or for better security,

Acceptor or Accepter

Acceptor or Accepter, a person who accepts a bill of exchange. See ACCEPTANCE.

Accession [fr. accedo, Lat.], addition, arriving at, the commencement of a sovereign's reign; also the absolute or conditional acceptance by a nation of a treaty already concluded between other countries. The accession of a sovereign takes place

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Accord

action; accord without satisfaction, or satisfaction without accord, does not.* In the case of an ascertained debt, the acceptance of a smaller sum is no satisfaction, e.g., payment of Rs. 50. is no answer to an action

Acquiescence

Acquiescence, consent, either express or implied. A persons tacit or passive acceptance; implied consent to an act (Black's Law Dictionary). Passivity and inaction on foreign claims that according to customary

53 Vict. c. 27). See STOLEN GOODS; REWARD; LIBEL; SUBSTITUTED SERVICE; SKY SIGN; and as to contract by acceptance of advertised offer, see Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Co., 1893 (1) QB 256. By the (English) Health Resorts

Advice

drafts drawn on him, with particulars of date, or sight, the sum, and the payee. Bills presented for acceptance or payment are frequently dishonoured for 'want of advice.

Appearance

proceed in his absence, 2 HAWK, PC C 22, s. 1; Cro. Jac. 462; 4 Steph. Comm. See ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE.

Be examined and decided

the words 'be examined and decided' mean the conferment of authority to reach a 'decision', i.e., as to acceptance or rejection of bids, Shanti Vijay & Co. (M/s) v. Princess Fatima Fouzia, (1979) 4 SCC 602 (613):

Bid

Bid, means to offer (a price) for payment or acceptance; to make a bid: state what one will pay or take in payment (a contractor bidding for a

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