Figures
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
are numerals. They are either Roman, made with letters of the Alphabet, for example, MDCCLXXVI; or they are Arabic, as follows, 1776. Roman figures may be used in contracts and law proceedings, and they will be held valid; but Arabic figures, probably owing to the ease with which they may be counterfeited, have been held not to be sufficient to express the sum due ona contract; and indictments have been set aside because the day or year were expressedin figures.
13 Vin. Ab. 210; 1 Ch. Rep. 319; S. C. 18 Eng. C. L. Rep. 95.
Bills of cxchange, promissory notes, checks and agreements of every description, are usually dated with Arabic figures; it is, however, better to date deeds and other formal instruments, by Ch. Cr. L. 176; 1 Verm. R. 336; 5 Toull. n.
366. -FILACER, FILAZER or FIL-