Face
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The face of an instramentis that which is shown by the mere’ language employed, without any explanation, modifica. tion, or addition from extrinsic facta or eyvidence. Thus, if the express terms of the paper disclose a fatal legal defect, it is said to be “void on its face.” Regarded ag an evidence of debt, the face of an instrument is the principal sum which it expresses to be due or payable, without any additions in the way of interest or costs, Thus, the expression “the face of a judgment” means the sum for which the judg: ment was renderel, excluding the interest accrued thereon.
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