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security
security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as a corporation or partnership) made with the expectation of deriving a profit solely from the efforts of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a pool of assets (as loans or receivables) that have been securitized bearer security : a security (as a bearer bond) that is not registered and is payable to anyone in possession of it cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series o...
Bearer Bond
Bearer Bond, A species of security for money paid or advanced (as opposed to registered bonds), which originated in America, but which may be classified as a negotiable security in English law. See Edelstein v. Schuler & Co., (1902) 2 KB 144....
bona fide purchaser
bona fide purchaser : a purchaser who purchases in good faith without notice of any defect in title and for a valuable consideration called also bona fide purchaser for value NOTE: There are particular requirements for a bona fide purchaser of a security set out in Uniform Commercial Code section 8-302. Under this section a bona fide purchaser is one who buys a security in good faith and without notice of any adverse claims and who takes delivery of a certificated security either as a bearer security or as a registered security issued to him or her or endorsed to him or her or by a blank endorsement or to whom the transfer of an uncertificated security is registered on the books of the issuer, or as otherwise provided in section 8-313. ...
Bearer
Bearer, a person who carries anything; of a bill of exchange, the person in possession of a bill or note which is payable to bearer. See (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 2.Means a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment especially marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 47....
Cheque (bearer)
Cheque (bearer), is one expressed to be payable to a particular person or bearer, or to bearer, or a cheque on which the only or last indorsement is in blank, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 210, p. 177....
bearer
bearer : a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment esp. marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement adj : freely transferable by the holder with or without endorsement and with full title passing by delivery to the transferee: as a : not having a registered owner b : not designating a specific payee [a instrument] [ checks] compare order ...
lien
lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created by agreement of the parties or esp. by operation of law ;specif : a security interest created esp. by a mortgage assessment lien : a lien that is on property benefiting from an improvement made by a municipality and that secures payment of the taxes assessed to pay for the improvement attachment lien : a lien acquired on property by a creditor upon levy of an attachment car·ri·er's lien : a lien against freight conferring on the carrier the right to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and securing payment of the plaintiff's attorney's fees and expenses called also special lien choate lien : a lien that requires no further action to be made enforceable and th...
Lien
Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until certain demands of the person in possession are satisfied. It is neither a jus in re, nor a jus ad rem--i.e., it is not a right of property in the thing itself, or right of action to the thing itself.It is either particular, as a right to retain a thing for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing not only for such charges or claims, but also for a general balance of accounts between the parties in respect to other dealings of the like nature.General and particular liens may arise: (1) by an express contract; (2) by an implied contract, resulting from the usage of trade, or the manner of dealing between parties. General lines are not favoured in law, but some judicially recognized general lines are bankers', solicitors', factors', stockbrokers'. See Halsb. L.E., ti...
bearer bond
bearer bond see bond ...
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