Negotiability
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 1 U.S. 194 - Gerard v. La Coste · 1789Most cited · 7 citing opinions
To make Bills, or Notes, assignable, the power to assign them must appear in the instruments themselves; and then, the custom of merchants, in the case of Bills of Exchange, and the Act of Parliament, in the case of Notes, operating upon the Contract of the Parties, will make them assignable.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In mercantile law. Transferable quality. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes, which renders them transferable from one person to another, and from possessing which, they are emphatically termed "negotiable paper." 3 Kent, Comm. 74, 77, 89, et seq. See Story, Bills, §60.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Transferable quality; that quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one person to another.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In mercantile law, Transferable quality. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one persoR to another, and from possessing which they are cmphatically termed “negotiable paper.” 3 Kent, Comm. 74, 77, 8Y, et seq. See es Story, Bills, § 60.