1819.... 34.... All.... Regulating recovery of damages upon certain bills of exchange. 1823.... 216.... All.... Notice of protest in New York city regulated in certain cases. 17.... All.... Notice of protest in New York city further regulated. 1826.... 20.... 15, para. Adding § 22 to R. S., pt. 2, ch. 4, 1828.... 1828.... 21.... 30 (2nd meet.). title 2. 1, paras. Repealing Laws 1801, 1819, 1823, 1826, above. 51, 272, 393, 460. All... 1835.... 141... 1871.... 84..... All.... All.... 1873.... 595.... All.... 1877.... 65.... Notice of protest; how given. Protest of foreign bills, etc. Negotiability of corporate bonds; how limited. Negotiable bonds; how made nonnegotiable. Negotiable bonds; how made negotiable. All.... Negotiable instruments given for patent rights. 1887.... 461.... All.... Effect of holidays upon payment of 1888.... 229.... All.... commercial paper. One hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. 1891.... 262.... All.... Negotiable instruments given for a 1894.... 607.... All.... 1897.... 612.... All.... 1897.... 613.... 2, 3... 1898.... 336.... All.... 1904.... 287.... All.... 25 See note 1, ante, p. 779. speculative purpose. Days of grace abolished. The Negotiable Instruments Law as originally enacted in New York.25 Correcting manifest errors in Nego- BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT, 1882. 45 AND 46 VICT., CH. 61. An act to codify the law relating to bills of exchange, cheques, and promissory notes. [18th August, 1882.] Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Short title. PART I. This act may be cited as the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882. 2. Interpretation of terms. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires — "Acceptance” means an acceptance completed by delivery or notification. "Action" includes counter-claim and set-off. "Banker" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not, who carry on the business of banking. "Bankrupt" includes any person whose estate is vested in a trustee or assignee, under the law for the time being in force relating to bankruptcy. "Bearer" means the person in possession of a bill or note which is payable to bearer. "Bill" means bill of exchange, and "note" means promissory note. 64 'Delivery " means transfer of possession, actual or constructive, from one person to another. "Holder" means the payee or endorsee of a bill or note who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery. "Issue" means the first delivery of a bill or note, completed in form, to person who takes it as a holder. "Person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. "Value" means valuable consideration. "Written" includes printed, and "writing" includes print. |