Bearer
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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.