Bearer
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who bears or carries a thing. dorsement, and whoever fairly acquires a right to it may maintain an action against the drawer or acceptor.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who bears or carries a thing. If a bill or note be made payable to bearer, it will pass by delivery only, without indorsement; and whoever fairly acquires a It has been decided that the bearer of a bank note, payable to bearer, is not an assignee of a chose in action within the eleventh section of the judiciary act of 1789, c. 20, limiting the jurisdiction of the circuit court; Wood v. Dumuier, 3 Mas. 308, Fed. Cas. No. 17,944.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One who carries or holds a thing. When a check, note, draft, etc., is payable to "bearer," it imports that the contents thereof shall be payable to any person who may present the instrument for payment. Thompson v. Perrme, 106 U. S 589, 1 Sun. Ct. 564, 568, 27 L Ed. 298; Bradford v. Jenks, 3 Fed. Cas. 1,132; Hubbard v. Railroad Co., 14 Abb. Prac. (N. Y.) 278.
Defined under Bear in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
One who bears or carries a thing; as, a lettei^a check on a bank, a bank-note.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One who carries or holds a thing. When a check, note, draft, etc., is payable to “bearer,” it imports that the contenia thereof shall be payable to any person who may present the instrument for payment,