traveler's check

traveler's check
An instrument, usually one of a set, purchased from a bank or other financially responsible institution, as a source of ready money on cashing the instrument, while traveling in the country or abroad, without identification other than the signature of the purchaser. 10 Am J2d Banks § 546. An instrument constituting a complete purchase and sale of credit, having the characteristics of a cashier's check where issued by a bank, and constituting a foreign bill of exchange. 11 Am J2d B & N § 17. The instrument usually provides and is in such form that the check must be signed by the purchaser when obtained and countersigned again by him when he receives payment. It is the second signature which is the instrument's final currency. Paulink v American Express Co. 265 Mass 182, 163 NE 740, 62 ALR 506.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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