Drawer
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The party who makes a bill of exchange.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The party who makes a bill of exchange.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The person who draws a bill of exchange.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The person making a bill of exchanve and addressing it to the drawee.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Drawee, v. Bill, III. 4.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
fL. Lat. trassans.] In mercantile law. The person who draws a bill of exchange. 3 Kent's Com. 75. Story on Bills, g 114.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
contracts. The party who makesa billof exchange. The obligations of the drawer to the drawee and every subsequent holder lawfully entitled to the possession, that the person on whom he draws is capable of binding himself by his acceptance; that he is to be found at the place where he is described to reside, if that description be mentioned in the bill; that if the bill be duly presented to him, he will accept in writing on the bill itself, according to its tenor, and that he will pay it when it becomes due, if presented in proper time for that purpose; and that if the drawee fail to do either, he, the drawer, will pay the amount, provided he have due notice of the dishonour. ‘The engagement of the drawer of a bill is in all its parts absolute and irrevocable. 2 H. Bl. 878; 3 B. &. P. 291; Poth. Contr. de Change, n. 58; Chit. Bills, 214; Dane’s Ab. h. t.