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Definition of Bill of exchange

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Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of children. I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the North. --Paulding. (d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii. 18. God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget. --Milton. (e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush. Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex. xxiii. 1. (f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up. Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry. --Dryden. (g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection. 4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread. Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste. --Spectator. 5. (Naut.) (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light. (b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets. 6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. --Burrill. To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

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- Commonwealth of Nations almost all jurisdictions have codified the law relating to negotiable instruments in a Bills of Exchange Act, e.g. Bills of Exchange Act...
- The Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament concerning bills of exchange. The Act was drafted by Sir Mackenzie...
- Bills of Exchange Act may refer to: Bills of Exchange Act 1882, United Kingdom Bills of Exchange Act 1908, New Zealand This disambiguation page lists articles...
- financial innovations such as the charterparty or carta partita, the bill of exchange and the insurance policy) produced a requirement for a title do****ent...
- The history of money is the development over time of systems for the exchange, storage, and measurement of wealth. Money is a means of fulfilling these...
- request of their customers, to pay money to identified payees. Such an order was referred to as a bill of exchange. The use of bills of exchange facilitated...
- The Bills of Exchange Act 1908 is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament which regulates bills of exchange and related promissory notes. It is based on the...
- the presenting (or current owner; bills of exchange could be sold and traded freely) person bought the bill of exchange. That there was a difference in...
- demand'. Under the Bills of Exchange and Banking Act 1882, part 10, bills of exchange are payable on demand and in part 13, 'A bill is not invalid by reason...
- A banknote – also called a bill (North American English), paper money, or simply a note – is a type of negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other...