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Cheque (order)

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Cheque

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Negotiable instruments

indorser, and must be an indorsement of the entire bill. A cheque or bill marked 'pay cash or order' is not within the Act and is not a negotiable instrument, North and South Insurance Co. v. National … Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, contains the law as to negotiation of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques. S. 31 declares that these instruments are negotiated when they are transferred from one person to another in

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check

check 1 : something that limits or restrains see also checks and balances 2 : a written order signed

Lost Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Promissory Note

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Holder in due course

Ltd. v. Warning and Gillow Ltd., 1926 AC 670, it was held that the original payee of a cheque is not a holder in due course within the meaning of the Bill of Exchange Act, 1882. Means … bill of exchange or cheque if payable to bearer, or the payee or indorsee thereof, if [payable to order], before the amount mentioned in it became payable and without having sufficient cause to believe that any defect

Disposition of the company's property

Disposition of the company's property, where a company pays a creditor by cheque between the date of petition and the winding up order against the company, it is illogical to hold

Not negotiable

Not negotiable. These words are sometimes added as part of the crossing of a cheque, with the result that no one who takes the cheque can have or can give a better title … England and crossed '& Co.,' not negotiable, directing the bank's cashiers to pay a certain sum to the order of a certain person is a cheque within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and

Indorsement

a deed or writing. The requisites of a valid indorsement of a bill of exchange, promissory note, or cheque, are laid down by the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. … and that where there are two or more indorsements, each is deemed to have been made in the order in which it appears on the bill, cheque, or note, until the contrary is proved. As to the

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 … : not having a registered owner b : not designating a specific payee [a instrument] [ checks] compare order

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