Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
stale check — UK US noun [C] US BANKING ► STALE CHEQUE(Cf. ↑stale cheque) … Financial and business terms
stale check — A check which bears a date of issue very much earlier than the date of its presentation or negotiation. A check which has been outstanding too long. A check, other than a certified check, that is presented for payment more than six months after… … Black's law dictionary
stale check — A check held for an unreasonable time before indorsement or presentation for payment. Home Sav. Bank v Bentley, 5 Wis 2d 19, 92 NW2d 377, 67 ALR2d 1450 … Ballentine's law dictionary
stale cheque — ➔ cheque * * * stale cheque UK US UK (US stale check) noun [C] BANKING ► a cheque that was written too long ago and that a bank may refuse to pay when someone tries to get the stated amount: »Are banks required to cash a stale check? … Financial and business terms
stale — adj: impaired in legal effect or force by reason of not being used, acted upon, or demanded in a timely fashion the search warrant was invalid because it was based on stale information a stale claim Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
check — verb To control or restrain; to hold within bounds. To verify or audit, as to examine the books and records of another or a business for accuracy and proper accounting practices. Particularly used with reference to the control or supervision of… … Black's law dictionary
check — verb To control or restrain; to hold within bounds. To verify or audit, as to examine the books and records of another or a business for accuracy and proper accounting practices. Particularly used with reference to the control or supervision of… … Black's law dictionary
stale|mate — «STAYL MAYT», noun, verb, mat|ed, mat|ing. –n. 1. Chess. a draw which results when a player whose turn it is to move cannot move any of his pieces without putting his own king in check. 2. Figurative: »The prolonged stalemate outside Richmond [in … Useful english dictionary
cheque — [tʆek] , check noun [countable] BANKING 1. a printed form that you use to pay for something instead of using money. You write on it the amount in words and numbers, the date, the person being paid, and sign your name: • a cheque for £200 … Financial and business terms
Просроченный чек — (stale cheque) См.: чек (cheque). Финансы. Толковый словарь. 2 е изд. М.: ИНФРА М , Издательство Весь Мир . Брайен Батлер, Брайен Джонсон, Грэм Сидуэл и др. Общая редакция: д.э.н. Осадчая И.М.. 2000. Просроченный чек Просроченный чек чек, не… … Финансовый словарь
