after-sight bill

  • 11bill — As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the most important of which are set forth below: Bill of Rights. A formal and emphatic legislative assertion and declaration of popular rights and liberties usually promulgated upon a …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12sight — sightable, adj. sighter, n. /suyt/, n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision. 2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing. 3. one s range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight. 4. a view;… …

    Universalium

  • 13bill — ▪ I. bill bill 1 [bɪl] noun [countable] 1. ACCOUNTING a list showing how much you have to pay for services or goods received; = INVOICE: • big companies that fail to settle their …

    Financial and business terms

  • 14after date — The words used in a bill of exchange to indicate that the period of the bill should commence from the date inserted on the bill, e.g. ‘… 30 days after date, we promise to pay …’. Compare: after sight, at sight …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 15after date — The words used in a bill of exchange to indicate that the period of the bill should commence from the date inserted on the bill, e. g. … 30 days after date, we promise to pay … . Compare after sight; at sight …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 16sight — The power to see. The faculty of vision. Act of seeing; perception of objects by the instrumentality of the eyes; view. Tracey v Standard Acci. Ins. Co. 119 Me 131, 109 A 490, 9 ALR 521, 529. A grand or spectacular view. Something worth seeing.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 17sight draft — An instrument payable on proper presentment (i.e. payable on demand). U.C.C. No. 3 108. A bill of exchange for the immediate collection of money. United Ben. Fire Ins. Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Ariz., Phoenix, 1 Ariz.App. 550, 405 P.2d 488, 490.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 18after possibility of issue extinct — See fee tail after possibility of issue extinct. Presentment or a bill of exchange for acceptance is required in any case where the bill is payable “after sight. 11Am J2d B & N § 730 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 19sight draft — A bill of exchange or draft payable upon presentation to the drawee. The equivalent of a check payable upon demand. Mt. Vernon Nat. Bank v Canby State Bank, 129 Or 36, 276 P2d 262, 63 ALR 1133. A draft payable at or after sight can never become… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 20Bill of sight — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English