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Additional provisions as affecting negotiability

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Effect of omissions; seal; designation of particular money

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When lien on instrument constitutes holder for value
Effect of want of consideration

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How blank indorsement changed to special indorsement
When indorsement restrictive .

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Effect of restrictive indorsement; right of indorsee
Qualified indorsement

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Conditional indorsement

Indorsement of instrument payable to bearer

Indorsement of instrument payable to two or more persons

Effect of instrument drawn or indorsed to a person as cashier

Indorsement, where payee's name misspelled

Indorsement in representative capacity

Presumption as to time of indorsement

Presumption as to place of indorsement

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Section

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When prior party may negotiate instrument

ART. 5. RIGHTS OF HOLDER.

Right of holder to sue; payment.

What constitutes holder in due course

When person not deemed holder in due course
Notice before full amount paid .

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Liability of indorser, where paper negotiable by delivery
Order in which indorsers are liable

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Liability of agent or broker.

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ART. 7. PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT.

Effect of want of demand on principal debtor.
Presentment, where instrument is not payable on demand

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When instrument dishonored by nonpayment

Liability of persons secondarily liable when instrument dishonored
Time of maturity

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When days of grace allowed

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ART. 8. NOTICE OF DISHONOR.

To whom notice of dishonor must be given

By whom notice given

Notice given by agent

Effect of notice given on behalf of holder

Effect, where notice is given by party entitled thereto

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When protest need not be made; when it must be made

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Bill not an assignment of funds in hands of drawee.
Bill addressed to more than one drawee

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Failure to present in reasonable time discharges drawer and indorsers
How presentment made

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Where protest made

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Protest both for nonacceptance and nonpayment
Protest before maturity, where acceptor insolvent
When protest dispenses with

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Protest where bill is lost

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Effect on subsequent parties, where bill is paid for honor
Where holder refuses to receive payment supra protest
Rights of payer for honor

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ART. 16.

BILLS IN A SET.

Bills in a set constitute one bill .

Rights of holders, where different parts are negotiated

Liability of holder who indorses two or more parts of a set to different

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Effect, where holder of check procures it to be certified
Check not assignment of funds

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ART. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

312. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires

"Acceptance" means an acceptance completed by delivery or notification.

"Action" includes counterclaim and setoff.

"Bank" includes any person or association of persons carrying on the business of banking, whether incorporated or not. "Bearer" means the person in possession of a bill or note which is payable to bearer.

Steinhilper et al v. Basnight, 153 N. C. 293, 69 S. E. 220.

Mayers v. McRimmon et al, 140 N. C. 640, 53 S. E. 447.

"Bill" means bill of exchange, and "note" means negotiable promissory note.

"Delivery" means transfer of possession, actual or constructive, from one person to another.

"Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof.

Steinhilper et al v. Basnight, 153 N. C. 293, 69 S. E. 220.
Mayers v. McRimmon et al, 140 N. C. 640, 53 S. E. 447.

"Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery. "Instrument" means negotiable instrument.

"Issue" means the first delivery of the instrument, complete in form, to a person who takes it as a holder.

"Person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or

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"Value" means valuable consideration.

"Written" includes printed, and "writing" includes print. C. S., s. 2976; Rev., s. 2340; 1899, c. 733, s. 191.

313. Person primarily liable on instrument. The person primarily liable on an instrument is the person who by the terms of the instrument is absolutely required to pay the same. All other parties are secondarily liable.

C. S., s. 2977; Rev., s. 2342; 1899, c. 733, s. 192.

Principal and Surety § 65. Both the principal and surety, if the fact of

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