Currency
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A term commonly used for whatever passes among the people for money, whether gold or silver coin or bank notes.
Osgood v. Mc Connell, 32 111. 74; Cockrill v. Kirkpatrick, 9 Mo. 697; Dugan v. Campbell, 1 Ohio 115, 119; Pilmer v. Bank, 16 la. 323; Klauber v.' Biggerstaff, 47 Wis. 560, 3 N. W. 357, 32 Am. Rep. 773.