transfer by indorsement

  • 1transfer by indorsement — The endorsement and delivery of a negotiable instrument to the indorsee. Such delivery may be actual, as where it is manually handed by one to the other, or it may be constructive, as where the indorser puts the instrument in the power or under… …

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  • 2indorsement — Literally, as derived from the Latin indorsa, a writing on the back; employed in common as well as legal usage to designate the transaction whereby the holder of a bill or note transfers his right to such instrument to another person and incurs… …

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  • 3indorsement — I noun acceptance, accord, acquiescence, adfirmatio, affirmance, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, backing, certification, championship, compliance, comprobatio, concurrence, confirmatio, confirmation, consent,… …

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  • 4transfer — trans·fer 1 /trans fər, trans ˌfər/ vt trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring: to cause a transfer of trans·fer·abil·i·ty /trans ˌfər ə bi lə tē, ˌtrans fər / n trans·fer·able also trans·fer·ra·ble /trans fər ə bəl/ adj trans·fer·or /trans fər ȯr, tr …

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  • 5indorsement — /andorsmant/ The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable instrument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qualifying words, whereby the property in …

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  • 6indorsement — /andorsmant/ The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable instrument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qualifying words, whereby the property in …

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  • 7restrictive indorsement — The act of a payee or other holder of an instrument, such as a check, that consists of signing his or her name upon the back of the instrument in order to transfer it to another and wording the signature in such a manner as to bar the further… …

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  • 8irregular indorsement — Sometimes referred to as an anomalous indorsement, meaning an endorsement for the purpose other than to transfer the instrument, an indorsement by a stranger to the instrument or a person not in an actual or apparent chain of title, or an… …

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  • 9full indorsement — An indorsement of a bill or note which is not a mere signature; an indorsement with words added, such words varying from those of special indorsement adding the name of the indorsee, to words of assignment and transfer, waiver, or other… …

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  • 10proper indorsement — An indorsement of a bill or note, embracing the signature of the indorser and in such form as to transfer title to the instrument and warrant payment by the maker to the indorsee. Thompson v Farmers State Bank, 159 Iowa 662, 140 N W 877. The… …

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