protest of negotiable instrument
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The formal certificate, notice, declaration, or memorandum, drawn up and signed by a notary public, that he presented the instrument for acceptance or for payment and that it was refused. In loose usage, an act or series of acts in presenting the instrument for acceptance or payment, noting the fact of dishonor by nonacceptance or nonpayment, and the making of the formal certificate, declaration, memorandum, or notice of protest by the notary. 11 Am J2d B & N § 789.
For contents and formal requisites of protest or certificate thereof, see 11 Am J2d B & N § 798.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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