BOTTOMRY BOND and HYPOTHECATION-continued,
held good on a foreign vessel when given abroad in the
country where the owners reside, but without means of
communication with them...175, 176; Addenda, 483.
vessels registered in England never hypothecated by the re-
gistered owner by a bond given in England...175, 176.
security given by the owner by way of mortgage...176.
bottomry bond held valid, given abroad by a British owner
for the necessities of the vessel...176.

and such a one supersedes a previous mortgage of the
vessel...176.

form of the instrument of bottomry usually as a bond under
seal...176.

notarial certificate occasionally subjoined to it, considered
as forming a part of it, and not requiring an additional
stamp...176.

stamp duty on bottomry bonds... 176, 177, 178.

formerly there could be only one lender or obligee in a
bottomry bond...178.

several now allowed by the Act 5th Geo. 4th, c. 114... 179.
CALENDAR MONTHS,

months in bills and notes mean calendar months...121.

CANCELLING or REVOKING ACCEPTANCE,

at what time it may be done by the drawee...64.
CANCELLING or DEFACING of the BILL by the DRAWEE,
liability of the drawee for damages...62.

CANTERBURY, ARCHBISHOP OF.-(See Court of Fa-
culties. Notary.)

CERTAIN DAY.-(See Presentment for Payment.)

days of grace allowed on bills or notes payable upon...
119, 125.

CERTIFICATE, ANNUAL,

to be taken out by a notary...37.

CERTIFICATE, NOTARIAL. (See Powers of Attorney.
Declarations substituted for Oaths. Attestations.)

to accompany powers of attorney to transfer foreign stock
...184, 185.

CERTIFICATE, NOTARIAL-continued,

or to act in a foreign country...185 to 189.

under what circumstances the certificate is considered as a
part of the deed or instrument which it authenticates,
and not liable to an additional stamp...176, 184, 198.
CHARTERPARTY.-(See Lien for Freight. Demurrage.)
nature of...153.

stamp duty... 153.
parties...154.

terms and conditions...154.

penalty not considered necessary... 155.

CHECKS on BANKERS,

occasionally accepted...42.

CHRISTMAS DAY.-(See Days of Rest.)

bills becoming due on, to be presented and treated as payable
on the day before...100, 124.

CLEARING HOUSE of BANKERS,

presentment at ..106, note (1), 114.

CLERK, CASHKEEPER, or AGENT.-(See Acceptance.)
commonly authorised to accept bills...52.

occasionally authorised to accept supra protest...87, 88, and
note (1).

CLERKS and CLERKSHIP to NOTARY.-(See Notary.)
COMMISSIONS from FOREIGN COURTS to EXAMINE
WITNESSES.-(See Examinations of Witnesses.)

frequently executed by notaries in England...199.
COMPUTATION of TIME. (See Days of Grace.)

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on bills payable after sight...119.

from and exclusive of the day of acceptance or of dishonour
...119.

on bills or notes payable after date...120.

drawn in a country using the Old Style...120, 121; Addenda,
480.

payable at one or more months, computed by calendar
months...121.

at usances...122.

bills payable on demand not allowed days of grace...123.

COMPUTATION of TIME-continued,

bills payable at sight, days of grace on...123; Addenda,

481.

when no time of payment expressed, considered as payable

on demand...123.

CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE, or QUALIFIED or
VARYING. (See Presentment. Dishonour.)

may be rejected by the holder...55, 56, 65.

CONSULS, BRITISH,

powers of, respecting oaths, affidavits, and notarial acts, when
in foreign countries... 13.

COURT OF FACULTIES,

notarial faculty, or authority to practise, derived from...5.
powers of the Master of the Court of Faculties to punish any
notary for improper conduct or practice, or permitting
another person to note protests or practise in his name
...15, 20; Addenda, 475.

CUSTOM OF MERCHANTS,

the presentment and protesting of foreign bills according to
the custom and practice...46; Appendix, *75.

DATE,

an incorrect or false date never permitted in notarial acts or
instruments... 15, 72, 73, 87, 145, 190.

bills or notes payable after date.-(See Presentment for
Payment.)

DAY, CERTAIN.-Bills and Notes payable on a Day Certain.—
(See Presentment for Payment.)

allowed days of grace...119, 125.

DAYS OF GRACE,

upon bills of exchange and promissory notes...119.—(See
also Presentment. Days of Rest.)

why so called...119.

when a bill is payable after sight...119.
after date.... 119.

on a particular day...119.

how reckoned, if payable after sight...119.
if payable after date...120.

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DAYS OF GRACE-continued,

when drawn in a country using the Old Style...120; Ad-
denda, 480.

at one or more months after date, computed by calendar
months...121.

when expiring on the last day of February...121.

Leap Year...121.

not allowed on bills payable on demand... 123.
allowed on bills payable at sight...123.

protest thereof on non-acceptance...123.

recommended to be protested in the first instance for non-
acceptance, and three days afterwards protested for
non-payment...123; and Errata.

general rule to allow days of grace on bills and notes
except when payable on demand... Addenda, 481.
onus of proving that they are not to be allowed, rests upon
the holder... Addenda, 481.

when no time of payment expressed, considered as payable
on demand...123.

bills and notes must be for payment of money only...123.
allowed upon promissory notes...125.

not any difference between promissory notes and inland bills
of exchange with respect to days of grace...125.
the object of the Legislature to put promissory notes, since
the 3rd and 4th Anne, c. 9, on the same footing as
inland bills...125.

DAYS OF REST,

when the last day of grace falls on Sunday, presentment for
payment must be upon the preceding day... 124.
and on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Day of Solemn
Fast and Thanksgiving...124.

Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Day of Fast or Thanks-
giving, as regards bills of exchange and promissory
notes, considered as Sunday... 124, 125.

presentment to acceptors for honour, or referees in case
of need, when falling due on one of those days...
100, 141.

DEATH of the DRAWEE.-(See Presentment for Acceptance.)
course to be pursued in case of the drawee's death...48,

51, 71.

DEATH of the ACCEPTOR of a BILL or MAKER of

a NOTE. (See Presentment for Payment.)

course to be pursued in case of the death of the acceptor of
a bill or maker of a note...104, 117, 118.

DECLARATION, in lieu of Oaths, Affidavits, and Affirmations.
(See Affidavits. Oaths. Powers of Attorney.)

substituted by the Act 5th and 6th William 4th, c. 62...
9, 10.

powers of notaries to administer declarations in lieu of oaths,
under the 15th and 16th sections... 18, 19.

declaration now made by appearers to a ship protest, in lieu
of making oath to it...147, 148.

declarations of due execution of a power of attorney, deed,

or instrument, to go out to a foreign country...187
when required by its laws may be verified by affidavit...188.
of execution of a power of attorney sent out to a British
colony or possession...189.

in what cases declarations may be administered by a notary
under the Act 5th and 6th William 4th, c. 62...191
to 194.

to identify the proprietors of stocks or funds, and respecting
the loss or mutilation of bank notes, required by the
Bank of England, may be made before a notary...192.
before a notary, exempt from stamp duty, unless so prepared,
or so worded as to be a notarial act...194.

whether if under seal under the 15th section of the act,

it requires a stamp...194, 195.

notary's duty to ascertain the nature of the declaration, and
that it is within his powers under the act... 191, 195, 196.
objectionable and ill-adapted form of the declaration, as

given in the schedule to the act...196, 236, note (1);
Appendix, *93, note (1).

DEEDS or INSTRUMENTS GOING ABROAD,
how authenticated... 187, 188, 189.