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Ready money

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Cash.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A bequest of ready money includes cash at the banker’s, whether balance on current account, or a deposit, or withdrawable after notice; 12 L. J. Ch. 385; 27 id. 797; but not unreceived dividends on stock; 18 L. J. Ch. 401; nor money in the hands of a sales-master; 9 Ir. Eq. Rep. 398; but it has been held that a debt would pass under a bequest of ready money. 23 L. J. Ch. 496.