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A legal right to payment or assets which the [[bearer security|bearer]] can, without the consent of the [[issuer]], transfer to a third party (a process known as “[[negotiate|negotiating]]”). These days, [[negotiable instrument]]s are more or less the same as [[transferable securities]], but in the good old days [[banker’s draft]]s, [[cheque|cheques]], [[bill of exchange|bills of exchange]], [[promissory note]]s and so on, which did not count as [[securities]] but were nonetheless [[negotiable]]. | {{a|glossary|}}A legal right to payment or assets which the [[bearer security|bearer]] can, without the consent of the [[issuer]], transfer to a third party (a process known as “[[negotiate|negotiating]]”). These days, [[negotiable instrument]]s are more or less the same as [[transferable securities]], but in the good old days [[banker’s draft]]s, [[cheque|cheques]], [[bill of exchange|bills of exchange]], [[promissory note]]s and so on, which did not count as [[securities]] but were nonetheless [[negotiable]]. | ||
The new generation of [[crypto-currency|crypto-currencies]] (you know, like [[bitcoin]]) may just usher in a new golden era for [[negotiable instrument]]s. We’ll see. | The new generation of [[crypto-currency|crypto-currencies]] (you know, like [[bitcoin]]) may just usher in a new golden era for [[negotiable instrument]]s. We’ll see. | ||
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A legal right to payment or assets which the bearer can, without the consent of the issuer, transfer to a third party (a process known as “negotiating”). These days, negotiable instruments are more or less the same as transferable securities, but in the good old days banker’s drafts, cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes and so on, which did not count as securities but were nonetheless negotiable.
The new generation of crypto-currencies (you know, like bitcoin) may just usher in a new golden era for negotiable instruments. We’ll see.
See also
- promissory note for an amusing passage from Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now.
- Rome II which excludes from its ambit non-contractual disputes arising out of the negotiable nature of negotiable instruments.
- Bitcoin