Check
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 18 U.S. 326 - Mechanics' Bank of Alexandria v. The Bank of Columbia · 1820Most cited · 103 citing opinions
vs. bond, bill, or note; nature
The truth is, that a check is properly neither a bond, bill, or note, with regard to the bank drawn upon, but an acquittance. And the contract arising out of a payment upon it, is a contract for money advanced, and must be so declared upon.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Check” — 103 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.