Legal Term Dictionary

To write a name on the back of a paper or document Bills of exchange and promissory notes are Indorsed by a party's writing his name on the back. Hartwell v. Hemmenway, 7 Pick. (Mass.) 117. "Indorse" is a technical term, having sufficient legal certainty without words of more parr More...

To write a name on the back of a paper or document Bills of exchange and promissory notes are Indorsed by a party's writing his name on the back. Hartwell v. Hemmenway, 7 Pick. (Mass.) 117. "Indorse" is a technical term, having sufficient legal certainty without words of more parr ticular description. Brooks v. Edson, 7 Vt 851. Less...

The person to whom a bill of exchange, promissory note, bill of lading, etc., is assigned by indorsement, giving him a right to sue thereon. -Indorsee in dne course. An indorsee in due course is one who, in good faith, in the ordinary course of business, and for value, before More...

The person to whom a bill of exchange, promissory note, bill of lading, etc., is assigned by indorsement, giving him a right to sue thereon. -Indorsee in dne course. An indorsee in due course is one who, in good faith, in the ordinary course of business, and for value, before its apparent maturity or presumptive dishonor, and without knowledge of its actual dishonor, acquires a negotiable instrument duly indorsed to aim, or indorsed generally, or payable to the hearer. Civ. Code Cal. f 3123; Civ. Code S. D. 1903,1 2199; Civ. Code Idaho 1901, j 2883; More v. Finger, 128 Cal 313, 60 Pac. 933. Less...

The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable in¬strument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qual¬ifying words, whereby the property in the same is assigned and transferred to another. That which More...

The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable in¬strument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qual¬ifying words, whereby the property in the same is assigned and transferred to another. That which is so written upon the back ot a negotiable instrument. One who writes his name upon a negotia-ble instrument otherwise than as a maker or acceptor, and delivers it, with his name thereon, to another person, is called an 'in-dorser," and his act is called "Indorsement* Civ. Code Cal. 5 3108; Civ. Code Dak. 5 1836. —Accommodation Indorsement. One made by a third person who pats his indorsement on a note without any consideration, but merely for the benefit of the holder thereof or to enable the maker to obtain money or credit on it Unless otherwise explained, it is understood to be a loan of the indorsees credit without re¬striction. Citisens' Bank v. Piatt, 135 Mich. 267, 97 N. W. 694; Peale v. Addicks, 174 Pa. 543, 34 Atl. 201; Cozens v. Middleton, 118 Pa, 622. 12 Atl. 566.—Blank: indorsement. One made by the mere writing of the indorsees name on the back of the note or bill, without men¬tion of the name of any person in whose favor the indorsement is made, but with the implied understanding that any lawful holder may fill in his own name above the indorsement if be so chooses. See Thornton v. Moody, 11 Me. 256; Scollans v. Rollins. 179 Mass. 346. 60 N. E. 983, 88 Am. St. Rep. 386; Malone v. Garver, 3 Neb. (Unof.) 710, 92 N. W. 726.— Conditional Indorsement. One by which the Indorser annexes some condition (other than the failure of prior parties to pay) to his liabil¬ity. The condition may be either precedent or subsequent. 1 Daniel, Neg. Inst. § 697.—Full indorsement. One by which the indorser orders the money to ,be paid to some particular person by name; it diners from a hlank in¬dorsement, which consists merely in the name of tbe indorser written on the back of the instrument Kilpatrick v. Heaton, 3 Brev. (S. C.) 92: Lee v. Chillicothe Branch of State Bank, 15 Fed. Cas. 153.—Irregular indorse¬ment. One made by a third person before de¬livery of the note to the payee; an indorse¬ment in blank by a third person above the name of the payee, or whea the payee does not in¬dorse at all. Carter v. Long, 125 Ala. 280, 28 South. 74; Bank of Bellows Falls v. Dorset Marble Co., 61 Vt. 106, 17 Atl. 43; Metropoli¬tan Bank v. Muller, 50 La. Ann. 127a 24 South. 295, 69 Am. St. Rep. 475.—Qualified indorsement. One which restrains or limits, or qualifies or enlarges, the liability of the in¬dorser, in any manner different from what the law generally imports as his true liability, de-ducible from the nature of the instrument Chitty, Bills, 261. A transfer of a bill of ex¬change or promissory note to an indorsee, with¬out any liability to the indorser. The words usually employed for this purpose are usan$ reooun" without recourse. 1 Bouv. Inst No. 1138.—Regular indorsement* An indorse¬ment in blank by a third person under the name of the payee or after delivery of the note to him. Bank of Bellows Falls v. Dorset Mar¬ble Co., 61 Vt 106, 17 Atl. 42—RestrictiTe indorsement. One which stops the negotia¬bility of the instrument, or which contains such a definite direction as to the payment as.to preclude the indorsee from making any further transfer of the instrument Drew v. Jac6ck; 6 N. C. 138; Lee v. Chillicothe Branch Bank, 15 Fed. Cas. 153; People's Bank v. Jefferson County Sav. Bank, 106 Ala. 524, 17 South. 728. 54 Am. St. Rep. 59. Defined by statute in some states as an indorsement which either prohibits the further negotiation of tne instru¬ment or constitutes the indorsee the agent of the indorser, or vests the title in the indorses in trust for or to the use of some,other person. Negotiable Instruments Law N. D. § 36; Bates* Ann. St. Ohio 1904, T 3172%.—Special in¬dorsement. An indorsement in full, which specifically names the indorsee. Malone v. Garver, 3 Neb. (Unof.) 710, 92 N. W. 726; Carolina Sav. Bank v. Florence Tobacco Co., 45 S. C. 373, 23 S. E. 139.—Special indorse¬ment of writ. In English practice. The writ of summons in. an action may, under Or¬der ill. 6, be indorsed with the particulars of the amount sought to be recovered in the action, after giving credit for any payment or set-off; ana this special indorsement (as it is called) of the writ is applicable in all acj tions where the plaintiff seeks merely to re¬cover a debt or liquidated demand in money payable by the defendant, with or without hv terest, arising upon a contract, express or im¬plied, as, for instance, on a bill of exchange, promissory note, check, or other simple con¬tract debt, or on a bond or contract under seal for payment of a liquidated amount of money, or on a statute where the sum sought to be recovered is a fixed sum of money or in the nature of a debt or on a guaranty, whether under seal or not Brown. Less...

He who indorses; i.e. being the payee or holder, writes his name en the back of a bill of exchange, etc.

He who indorses; i.e. being the payee or holder, writes his name en the back of a bill of exchange, etc. Less...

Evidence which is not only found credible, but is of such weight and directness as to make out the facts alleged beyond a doubt. Hart v. Carroll, 85 Pa. 511; Jermyn v. McClure, 196 Pa. 245, 45 Atl. 938.

Evidence which is not only found credible, but is of such weight and directness as to make out the facts alleged beyond a doubt. Hart v. Carroll, 85 Pa. 511; Jermyn v. McClure, 196 Pa. 245, 45 Atl. 938. Less...

In contracts. The benefit or advantage which the promisor is to receive from a contract is the Inducement for making it In criminal evidence. Motive; that which leads or tempts to the commission of crime. Burrill^ Circ. Ev. 283. In pleading. That portion of a declaration or of any subsequent More...

In contracts. The benefit or advantage which the promisor is to receive from a contract is the Inducement for making it In criminal evidence. Motive; that which leads or tempts to the commission of crime. Burrill^ Circ. Ev. 283. In pleading. That portion of a declaration or of any subsequent pleading in an action which is brought forward by way of explanatory introduction to the main allegations. Brown. Huston v. Tyler, 140 Mo. 252, 36 S. W. 654; Consolidated Coal Co. v. Peers, 97 111. App. 194; Taverner v. Little. 5 Blng. N. C. 678; Grand v. Dreyfus, 122 Cal. 58, 54 Pac. 389. Less...

In international law. A truce; a suspension of hostilities; an agreement during war to abstain for a time from warlike acts. In old maritime law. A period of twenty days after the safe arrival of a vessel under bottomry, to dispose of the cargo, and raise the money to pay More...

In international law. A truce; a suspension of hostilities; an agreement during war to abstain for a time from warlike acts. In old maritime law. A period of twenty days after the safe arrival of a vessel under bottomry, to dispose of the cargo, and raise the money to pay the creditor, with interest In old English practice. Delay or indulgence allowed a party to an action; further time to appear in a cause. Bract, fol. 352b; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 5, ? & In Scotch practice. Time allowed for the performance of an act. Time to appear to a citation. Time to collect evidence or prepare a defense. -Lndnoije legale*. In Scotch law. The days between the citation of the defendant and the day of appearance; the days between the test day and day of return of the writ Less...

Lat In the civil law. Obliteration, by drawing the pen or stylus over the writing. Dig. 28, 4; Calvin.

Lat In the civil law. Obliteration, by drawing the pen or stylus over the writing. Dig. 28, 4; Calvin. Less...

In ecclesiastical law. Induction is the ceremony by which an incumbent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested with full possession of all the profits belonging to the church, so that he becomes seised of the temporalities of the church, and is then complete incumbent. It is performed More...

In ecclesiastical law. Induction is the ceremony by which an incumbent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested with full possession of all the profits belonging to the church, so that he becomes seised of the temporalities of the church, and is then complete incumbent. It is performed by virtue of a mandate of induction directed by the bishop to the archdeacon, who either perforins it in person, or directs his precept to one pr more other clergymen to do it Phillim. Ecc. Law, 477. Less...

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the Reformation in Germany. Wharton. Forbearance, (q. v.)

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the Reformation in Germany. Wharton. Forbearance, (q. v.) Less...