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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
"I owe you." A popular designation of a due-bill or memorandum of debt. Consists of those letters, a sum of money, and the debtor's signature. As it contains no direct promise to pay, it is not a promissory note, but a mere acknowledgment of indebtedness.^ IB.
See Idem.