单词 | act of honour |
释义 | > as lemmasact of honour act of honour n. Law and Business (now disused) a notarial act arranging the payment or acceptance of a protested bill of exchange by a third party acting to protect the good name or credit of the drawer or endorser. ΚΠ 1771 Act 12 Geo. III c. 73 in D. Pickering Statutes at Large XXIX. 217 The bill is not re-conveyed to him by indorsation, if he produces a receipt for the value by act of honour, or a missive letter from the protesting indorsee. 1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 34 The party for whose honor a bill has been accepted, must..have the needful document, that is, a protest for non-acceptance and act of honor sent to him. 1882 P. D. Shaw Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 267 The notarial act of honor must be founded on a declaration made by the payer for honor. 1920 C. F. Dolle Law of Business Paper & Securities 261 He..writes out a separate declaration for honor and identifies it with the protest by reference to it, thus completing the notarial act of honor. 1967 Lloyd's List Law Rep. 2 406/1 The act of honour was..exactly the same in each case. < as lemmas |
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