Exchequer Bills
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Bills of credit issued in England by authority of parliament.
Brande.
Instruments issued at the exchequer, under the authority, (for the most part,) of acts of parliament passed for the purpose, and containing an engagement, on the part of the government, for repayment of the principal sums advanced with interest.
2 Steph, Com. 686.