Skeleton Bill
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In commercial law. A blank paper, properly stamped, in those countries where stamps are required, with the name of a person signed at the bottom. In such case, the person signing the paper will be held as the drawer or acceptor, as it may be, of any bill which shall afterwards be written above his name, to the sum of which the stamp is iapplicable. 1 Bell, Comm. (5th Ed.) 390.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Commercial Law. A blank paper, properly stamped, in those countries where stamps are required, with the name of the person signed at the bottom. In such case the person signing the paper will be held as the drawer or acceptor, as it may be, of any bill which shall afterwards be written above his name, to the sum of which the stamp is applicable; 1 Bell, Com. 390.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910