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Bearing Date

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

Words frequently used in pleading and conveyancing to introduce the date which has been put upon an instrument. When, in a declaration, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant made his promissory note on such a day, he will not be considered as having alleged that it bore date on that day, so as to cause a variance between the declaration and the note produced bearing a different date. 2 Greenl. Ev. §160; 2 Dowl. & L. 759.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An expression refer-ing to the date of an instrument.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Words frequently used In pleading and conveyancing to introduce the date which has been put upon an instrument. When in a declaration the plaintiff alleges that the defendant made his promissory note on such a day, he will not be considered as having alleged that it bore date on that day, so as to cause a variance between the declaration and the note produced bearing a different date; 2 Greenl. Ev. § 1G0; 2 Dowl. & L. 759.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Disclosing a date on its face; having a certain date. These words are often used in conveyancing, and in pleading, to introduce tha date which has been put upon an instrument.

Defined under Bear in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Dated; having a date on the face.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Disclosing a date on its face; having a certain date, These words are often used in conveyancing, and in pleading, to introduce the date which has bees put upon an instrument.