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}}An instrument conferring a right to a payment of money or the delivery assets which the [[bearer security|bearer]] can, without the [[issuer]]’s consent, transfer to a third party (a process known as, confusingly, as “[[negotiate|negotiating]]”).  
}}An instrument conferring a right to a payment of money or the delivery assets which the [[bearer security|bearer]] can, without the [[issuer]]’s consent, transfer to a third party (a process known as, confusingly, 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 — well, large ruminant herbivores<ref>[[Mansuetae naturae]], needless to say.</ref> — which did not count as [[securities]] but were nonetheless [[negotiable]].
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 — well, [[Negotiable cow|large ruminant herbivores]]<ref>[[Mansuetae naturae]], needless to say.</ref> — 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.