BILLS OF EXCHANGE, 169 et seq. are negotiable, 169 effect of assignment of, by separate instrument, 170 liability of acceptor, drawer, indorser, 170, 171 of drawee not accepting, 170 of transferor without indorsement, 171 relation of parties to, 171 definitions of, 171, 172 inland, 172 foreign, 173 when payable, 173 usance, 173 days of grace, 173 date, 173 must be unconditional, 172, 173 payee, who may be, 173 fictitious, 174 referee, in case of need, 174 consideration, presumed, 174 valuable, what is, 174 acceptance, definition and requisites of, 174 delivery, 175 skeleton bill, inchoate instruments, 175 parties to, who can be, 176 infants, 406 corporations, or companies, 176 liability of directors, 177 signature is essential to liability, 177 66 per pro.," 178 by an agent, 178 sans recours, 179 estoppel as to, 177 forged or unauthorized, inoperative, 177 ratification of unauthorized, 177 liability of bankers as to forged indorsement, 178 protection of banker as drawee, 178 presentment, 179 et seq. for acceptance, 179, 180 when excused, 180 dishonour for non-acceptance, 180 for payment, 181 et seq. when duly made, 181 delay in, 182 effect of dishonour by non-payment, 182 dishonour and protest, 179 notice of dishonour, 182 when excused, 182 when and how given, 182, 183, 184 protest and noting, 184 damages for dishonour, 185 indorsement and delivery of, may pass property in goods, 69 right of action on, transferable by statute, 69, 167 indorsement of, defeats right of stoppage in transitu, 64, 69 are excluded from the operation of the Bills of Sale Acts, 98 form of, Appendix, 425 risks excepted in, Appendix, 425, 426 evidence of, as to goods shipped, 425, n. (3) BILL OF SALE, meaning of, 94 may be absolute transfer, or by way of mortgage, 94 secret transfer of property by, 95 remedy under Bankruptcy Acts, 95 BILL OF SALE-continued. Bills of Sale Acts, causes and objects of, 96, 97 of 1878 and 1882..96 distinguished, 97-105 apply only to documents of title, 99 are to be construed as one, 102 under Acts of 1878 and 1882, "personal chattels," what are, 97, 98 BROKER--continued. signed entry in broker's book, 75 "sold" and "bought " notes by, 75, 76 CALLS, 269, 283, 291. See COMPANIES. are specialty debts within Statutes of Limitation, 354 CARRIER, common, 25, 29-31 Carriers Act, 30 shipowners, 30 lien of, 34 duty of, 25, 29 liability of, 29, 30 delivery to, on sale, 54 CERTIFICATE, of incorporation of company, effect of, 277 CESSER CLAUSE, Appendix, 429, n. (2) CHAMPERTY, definition of, 137 HARGING ORDER, on funds or shares, or cash in Court, 310 CHARTER-PARTY, definition of, 113 form of, Appendix, 427 CHARTERED COMPANY, 265, 271 CHATTELS. See CHOSES IN ACTION; CHOSES IN POSSESSION; PERSONAL PROPERTY. corporeal and incorporeal, 1 meaning of word, 2 property in, how transferred, 41, 45 personal, under Bills of Sale Acts, 97 CHATTELS REAL, devolution of, on death, 7 of married woman, 397 CHEQUES, 194 et seq. Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, applies to, 194 definition of, 194 presentment of, 194 effect of discharge of drawer, 194, 195 banker's authority to pay, 195 when banker liable for dishonour, 195 CHEQUES-continued. as vouchers, 195 crossing of, 195 "not negotiable," 195 liability of bankers as to, 195, 196 CHOSES IN ACTION, examples of, 2, 123, 124, 125, 126 whether "goods," &c., 2, n. (2), 330, 332 legal and equitable, 125 reversionary, 126, 127, 396 were not generally assignable at law, 126 but were in equity, 127 assignments against public policy, 136 officers' full and half pay not assignable, 136, 137 pensions, 136 assignment is subject to equities, 130 assignment may by contract be free from equities, 131 exceptional contracts not assignable, 136 notice of assignment must be given to complete title, 135 notice not necessary as to equitable interest in land, 129 notice to trustees, 130 gift of, 85-89 may be assigned at law under Judicature Act, by writing, 87, 135 must be absolute, 135 chose in action must be legal, 135 priorities between assignees, determined by notice, 129 assignee takes subject to prior assignment of which he has notice, 129 |