Incidentally he remarks that he has never borrowed money, never been in debt, never signed a promissory note, and that he hopes to pass through life without incurring pecuniary liabilities.
He never borrowed money, never bought anything that he could not pay cash for, never gave a promissory note in his life, not even in the purchase of real estate where deferred payments are customary.
In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.
Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill.
The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note.
Defn: The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
Law) Defn: The person who makes a promissory note.
Here's the contract, which embodies a promissory note.
It means six hundred dollars a day to me, sir, and every day saved is worth that much cash in hand to you, since you profess to think so lightly of my promissory note.
He would have dreamed on had he not bethought himself suddenly of his modest capital--fifty thousand-odd dollars, out of which he owed Cappy Ricks a considerable sum on a promissory note due in one year.
Quick as lightning Levin produced a promissory note, a pen, and a pocket inkstand.
As I am convinced that neither you nor Levin have paid off your instalments of the loan made by the Shoemakers' Bank, I am sending you herewith a promissory note, so that you may raise a new loan from the Architects' Bank.
Keep Levin's promissory note in readiness, so that it can be submitted to his head office at any time.
May I however ask you on what security--or on what prospects--you have obtained a loan and given a promissory note?
Wait a minute and I'll give you my promissory note.
She nodded and followed him to his office, where he laboriously wrote and signed a promissory note in her favor.
To his amazement he discovered it to be a promissory note, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in favor of Kay Parker and signed by William D.
A promissory note may be made by two or more makers, and they may be liable either jointly, or jointly and severally, according to its tenor (Sec.
For ordinary legal purposes a bank note may be regarded as a promissory note made by a banker payable to bearer on demand.
For the most part, rules of law applicable to a bill of exchange apply also to a promissory note, but they require adaptation.
His contract then constituted a promissory note, and Mr. McGraw knew enough law to realize that failure to pay a promissory noteor perform a contract is actionable.
The statute begins to run against a promissory note, or other contract, not from the time when it is made, but from the time when it is by its terms to be performed.
A bill of lading is very much like a promissory note; the carrier promises to deliver the goods to somebody who is called the consignee, and who corresponds to the payee of a note.
He employed Mr. Lincoln to do the necessary legal work and settled therefor with a promissory note.
He once conducted the defense, it is said, in the trial of a certain action on a promissory note.
Herndon was not the only New Salemite who was willing to transfer his business, after this fashion, for a promissory note.
The suit was instituted to collect a promissory note given by some citizens of Champaign County to one Chase, with the understanding that he would establish a newspaper.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "promissory note" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
