accommodation paper

accommodation paper
accommodation paper see paper

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

accommodation paper
n. A negotiable instrument that one co-signs as a surety as an accommodation to another party, who remains primarily liable without receiving any benefit, compensation, or consideration.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


accommodation paper
A type of commercial paper (such as a bill or note promising that money will be paid to someone) that is signed by another person—the accommodation party—as a favor to the promisor—the accommodated party—so that credit may be extended to him or her on the basis of the paper.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


accommodation paper
A type of commercial paper (such as a bill or note promising that money will be paid to someone) that is signed by another person—the accommodation party—as a favor to the promisor—the accommodated party—so that credit may be extended to him or her on the basis of the paper.

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  • accommodation paper — An accommodation bill or note is one to which the accommodating party, be he acceptor, drawer, or indorser, has put his name, without consideration, for the purpose of benefiting or accommodating some other party who desires to raise money on it …   Black's law dictionary

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  • accommodation paper — noun see accommodation bill …   Useful english dictionary

  • accommodation paper — A bill or note which one has signed as a maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser for the purpose of lending the credit of his name to another. 11 Am J2d B & N § 121 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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