 | Missouri - 1881 - 864 pages
...and against all costs and expenses by reason of such claim. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. A promissory note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a future time, unconditionally. The person to whom the money is payable is called the payee. The maker... | |
 | Ki Chiu Kwong - Chronology, Chinese - 1881 - 988 pages
...Intemperance is productive of much misery =: Intemperance causes much misery. Promissory note (Z««') = "A written promise to pay a certain sum of money, at a future time, unconditionally." [Bouvier.] Proof-sheet (Print.") = A trial impression from types, an... | |
 | History - 1882 - 1152 pages
...and against all costs and expenses by reason of such claim. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. A promissory note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a future time, unconditionally. The person to whom the money is payable is called the payee. The maker... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...PAPER. 344. Commercial Paper embraces notes, drafts, bills of exchange, etc. 345. A Note (also called a Promissory Note) is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money on demand or at a specified time. 346. The Maker of a note is the person who signs it, and thus becomes... | |
 | Atwood Bond Meservey - Accounting - 1882 - 236 pages
...with the assets and liabilities of the partners as before. NOTES AND DRAFTS. 175. What is a note? A note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money, on demand, or at a specified time. The person who promises to pay is called the Maker or Promissor.... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Law - 1883 - 626 pages
...endorser ; and generally any one who has possession and the right to collect it is termed the holder. A promissory note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money absolutely. The person who promises is known as the maker, and the one to whom the promise is originally... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...What is the annual income from $2500, at Ъ%, interest added to the principal quarterly ? NOTES. 3O3. A promissory note is a written promise to pay a certain sum, either on demand, or at a specified time. The face of a note is the sum of money made payable by it.... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - Accounting - 1884 - 172 pages
...of the several parties thereto, the manner and effect of indorsements, and acceptances, etc. 77. A Note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money, at a certain time, to a person named, to the order of a person named, or to the bearer, signed by the person promising.... | |
 | F. I. Vassault - Commercial law - 1884 - 176 pages
...A BILL OF EXCHANGE Is 3 A WRITTEN ORDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY UNCONDITIONALLY. A PROMISSORY NOTE Is *A WRITTEN PROMISE TO PAY A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY UNCONDITIONALLY. BANK NOTES ARE PROMISSORY NOTES ISSUED BY A NATIONAL BANK, AND CIRCULATE AS MONEY.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1184 pages
...the time of their maturity, and not the promise to do so, it would not destroy their negotiability. A written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a day certain for a consideration thereafter to be rendered is a good promissory note. "The most that... | |
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A Promissory Note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a specified time. 
