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Holder in due course

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bona fide holder

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negotiable instrument

order of a holder upon issue, possession, demand, or at a specified time [was determined to be a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument] see also bearer, holder in due course … specified time [was determined to be a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument] see also bearer, holder in due course

defense

: a defense of an obligor under a negotiable instrument that can be asserted against anyone but a holder in due course real defense : a defense of an obligor of a negotiable instrument that may be asserted even against … defense : a defense of an obligor of a negotiable instrument that may be asserted even against a holder in due course NOTE: Section 3-305(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code sets out the real defenses as infancy, duress, lack of

Bill of Exchange

assigned or negotiated is the endorsee or holder, and so on ad infinitum. A payee is not a holder in due course, Jones v. Waring, 1926 AC 670. The earliest recorded bills of exchange, according to Beckmann (Hist. Invent. iii.

Alteration

subsequent indorsers. But if 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

title

negotiable instrument or real property) that is valid in fact or law or beyond a reasonable doubt [a holder in due course acquires good title to the item] ;esp : marketable title in this entry In·di·an title : title held

Maker

he 'engages that he will pay it according to its tenour, and is precluded from denying to a holder in due course the existence of the payee and his than capacity to endorse.'-Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 88.

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