Bill
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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A written unconditional promise by one or more persons to pay to another person or other persons therein named a sum of money at a time therein specified. It is usually under seal, and may then be called a bill obligatory; Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Greiner.
2 S. & R. (Pa.) 115.
It has no condition attached, and is not given in a penal sum; Comyns, Dig. Obligation, C. See Jarvis v. Mc.Main, 10 N. C. 10; Fields v. Mallett, 10 N. C. 465.