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A Negotiable Instrument is a
What this does is makes it a negotiable instrument which can then be sold
(negotiated) to another party to raise cash, kind of like a factor arrangement.
Checks: (see above) writer of the check is the drawer, the bank on
which the check is written is the drawee, and the person to whom
it is payable is the payee. (second type of negotiable instrument)
PROMISES TO PAY
In other words, it has strings attached that are not part of the instrument.
It may also state at the legal rate of interest- where the amount is
fixed by statute, it is also negotiable.
(1) The fact that an instrument is undated does not affect its
negotiability, unless the date of the instrument is necessary to
understand the payment term- for example, if we forget to put a date on
our check, it doesnt destroy negotiablity;
(4) Words trump figures, unless the words are ambiguous in and of
themselves;
(5) If the instrument fails to specific the applicable interest rate, the
judgment rate of interest (defined by statute) becomes the interest rate
on the instrument; and