The Trader's Safeguard

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: two bifhops' diocefes, whereby adminiftration or probate muft be taken before the metropolitan, debts owing to the inteftate by bond or other fpecialties, are bona mtabilia in the diocefe where the bond or fpecialties be, and not where the debtor inhabits; but if the debts be only by fimple contract, then...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: two bifhops' diocefes, whereby adminiftration or probate muft be taken before the metropolitan, debts owing to the inteftate by bond or other fpecialties, are bona mtabilia in the diocefe where the bond or fpecialties be, and not where the debtor inhabits; but if the debts be only by fimple contract, then they are to be efteemed bona notalUla in the place where the debtor is; as a bill of exchange fhall be faid to be bona notabilia where the debtor is, and not where the bill isd. CHAPTER III. Of Inland cmdForclgn Bills, andPromiJJory Notes. Drawmg them; by -whom and how the fame Jhould be drawn. The T: mcs when they are to be paid. Drafts on Bankers. The Bank of England. Bankers and Cajh Notes. What 'may render Bills or Notes void or voidable. HAVING concluded our preceding chapter with briefly treating on the nature and effects of bills of exchange and negotiable notes, we fhall here treat on various other matters pertaining thereto, prcgreffively enlarging upon divers points that have lightly been touched on; and in our firft fection treat on inland bills of exchange; by whom and how the fame fhould be drawn; times wherein they are to be paid, and lay down the ufual forms thereof with remarks thereon; and as infome refpects inland and foreign bills differ, we fhall treat on the latter .jn n. In in. on drafts on bankers, the bank of England, bankers, and cafli notes. In iv. on what may render bills or notes void or voidable. In v. on the effect of notes payable to bearer. In vi. attend to intereft on notes and bills, what may be a negotiable note and what is indifputably fo, and lay down the ufual forms of notes. So that from the fubiects of this chapter a confpicuous view may be had of fuch bills and notes as may with fafety be difcounted, or taken in the...