 | Joseph Chitty - 1818 - 892 σελίδες
...pro- A promissory note is defined to be a promise or engagement in writing, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or his order, or to the bearer '. The person who makes the note is called the maker, and the person to whom it is payable... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1821 - 778 σελίδες
...in Sect. Í. Of writing, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, orón ^"t""^ ' ilemand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or his order, or to the bearer (a). The person who makes the note is called the maker, and the person to whom it is... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1825 - 496 σελίδες
...the legal definition of a promissory note, that it is a promise or engagement to pay a specific sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person there named, or his order, or to bearer. No precise form of words is necessary. It is sufficient if... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1826 - 710 σελίδες
...Sect. 1. Of writing, to paj a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on de- promissory niand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or his order, or to the Botesbearer.* The person who makes the note is called the maker, and the person to whom it is... | |
 | John Barnard Byles - 1853 - 664 σελίδες
...a note of hand, is an absolute(J) promise in writing, signed but not sealed, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order, or to the bearer.(c)(l) (k) Woodbridge v. Spooner, 3 B. & Aid. 233 ; 1 Chit. R. 661,... | |
 | James Kent - 1854 - 684 σελίδες
...la frequently called, a note of hand, is a promise or engagement, in writing, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order or bearer." Syles on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Kutes, pp. 1. 4. This treatise of... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 728 σελίδες
...is frequently called, a note of hand, is a promise or engagement, in writing, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order or bearer." Byles on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, pp. 1, 4. This treatise of... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1861 - 710 σελίδες
...promissory note ? That is defined to be " a promise or agreement in writing to pay a specified sum, at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his Lowe v. Bliss et al. order, or to the bearer." Chit. on Bills, 516. Bayley on Bills, p. 1, defines... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1864 - 624 σελίδες
...p. 5. But it must be an absolute promise, in writing, signed, but not sealed, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order, or to the bearer. Id. 4. It has been held, that a certificate of deposit falls within... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1869 - 418 σελίδες
...called, a note of hand, is an absolute promise in writing, signed but not sealed, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named or designated, or to his order, or to the bearer. He who promises is called the maker, and he to whom... | |
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a promise or agreement in writing to pay a specified sum, at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order, or to the bearer. 
