HONOUR, ACT OF, on ACCEPTANCE SUPRA PROTEST

-continued,

not important how short a time elapses after the protest
before granting the act of honour...87.

act of honour necessary, by the law merchant...87.
copy preserved of the act of honour and the bill, in the
notarial register or protest book...87.

protest, and act of honour important for the security of the
holder, and acceptor for honour...88.

stamp duty on act of honour...89.

the stamp may include several bills if of the same parties,
and accepted or paid for the honour of the same person,
...89.

act of honour requiring a separate stamp duty from the
protest...90.

if the drawee be willing to accept for part, protest to be made
of the bill, and an act of honour to be granted, and
then for the drawee to accept supra protest for the
part...90, 91, 229 note (1).

HONOUR, ACT OF, on PAYMENT SUPRA PROTEST... 101.
when a bill accepted supra protest becomes due, and has
been refused payment by the drawee, it is protested
and then an act of honour made on payment by the
acceptor for honour...100, 101.

if the acceptor for honour do not pay it, another protest is
made on non-payment by him...101.

act of honour on payment supra protest of an inland bill or
promissory note...103.

HYPOTHECATION.-(See Bottomry Bonds.)

IRELAND,

bills drawn in Ireland upon England not considered as
inland bills...40.

may be accepted, if with the holder's consent, without

writing upon them...55, 56.

considered as inland bills when drawn in one part of Ireland

upon another part within it...55.

to be protested on dishonour...69, note (1), 133.

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IGNORANCE of DRAWEE'S or ACCEPTOR'S RESI-
DENCE or PLACE of BUSINESS,

where the bill should be presented...48, 70, 105, 114, 117.
INCAPACITY of DRAWEE to CONTRACT,

if the drawee be a married woman, infant, or otherwise
incapable to contract, the holder may treat the bill as
dishonoured...66.

INDULGENCE to DRAWEE,

holder ought not to extend the time for deliberation, as
to accepting, and lose an opportunity of sending off
advices...51.

INFANT DRAWEE.-(See Incapacity to Contract.)
INLAND BILLS.-(See Bills of Exchange. Protest.)
what are inland...40, 41.

began to be used in this country long after foreign...41.
protests of inland bills and promissory notes...53, 54, 75,
76, 77, 138.

advantages of noting...77, 137.

INSOLVENCY of ACCEPTOR,

protest for better security thereon...81.
INSTRUMENTS or DEEDS GOING ABROAD,
how authenticated...187, 188, 189.

INTEREST, WHEN RECOVERABLE on an INLAND
BILL...55, 76, 137.

JOINT DRAWEES.-(See Partners. Acceptors.)

LAW MERCHANT,

the mode of presenting and protesting of foreign bills
governed by...46; Appendix, *75.

LEAP YEAR.-(See Presentment for Payment.)

bills falling due in February...121.

LETTER OF ATTORNEY.-(See Power of Attorney.)
LIEN. (See Notaries. Charterparties.)

general lien of notaries on bills, notes, instruments, &c...11.
for freight by the owners and master of ship on goods on
board... 155.

favoured by our Courts, unless divested by their own acts
or stipulations... 155.

LIEN-continued,

no valid custom to oblige them to part with the goods

without first receiving the freight...156.

lien continues unless divested by the contract or terms of
the charterparty...156.

lien exists on goods of a third person, a general freighter,
on board a chartered vessel... 157.

but only to the extent of the freight mentioned in the bills
of lading, due upon each shipment...157.

and the owner may receive the part due from each consignee
for the conveyance of his goods...157.

the right to receive it from third persons not prejudiced by
the charterparty's being under seal... 157.

but under peculiar circumstances the lien has been held good

on a consignment, with notice of the charterparty, for
the whole freight due under it...157, 158; Addenda, 483.
when the delivery of the goods and the payment of the
freight are concomitant acts, neither party obliged to
perform his part without the other being ready to perform

his...158.

when the residue of the freight is to be paid by bills on
delivery...158, 159.

does not in general exist for port charges...159.

nor for dead freight...159.

nor for breach of covenant...159.

nor for demurrage, where there is not any stipulation in
favour of exercising it...159, 160, note (2).

LIMITED or QUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE. (See Accept-

ance.)

may be refused to be taken by the holder...56, 65 to 67.
LORD'S DAY.-(See Days of Rest.)

LOSS of BILLS and NOTES,

presentment of a copy or particulars, or the second of
exchange... 132.

MAN, ISLE OF,

bills drawn in Scotland, Ireland, or the Isle of Man to be
protested on dishonour...69, note (1), 133.

MARRIED WOMAN,

bill drawn upon a married woman may be treated by the
holder as dishonoured...66.

MASTER OF THE COURT OF FACULTIES.-(See
Notary.)

superintendence over the admission and practice of notaries
...3, 28, 29.

power to punish notaries for improper conduct or practice,
or for permitting another person to note protests or
act in their names...15, 20; Addenda, 482.

MEMORANDUM OF REFERENCE,

written on an instrument, not a notarial act... 187.
MONTH,

in bills and notes, means calendar month...121.
MORTGAGE,

stamp duty on...176, note (3).

NEED.-(See Reference in Case of Need.)
NEW STYLE.-(See Computation of Time.)

NON-ACCEPTANCE.-(See Acceptance. Dishonour. Protest.)
NON-PAYMENT.-(See Payment. Dishonour. Protest.)
NOTARIAL ACT.-(See also Attestations. Certificates.)
definition of...7, 190, 195, 198.

stamp duty upon... 185, 191, 194, 195, 198.
must be truly dated...190.

NOTARIAL CERTIFICATE.-(See Certificate.)
NOTARIAL FACULTY. (See Notary.)

NOTARY. (See also Presentment. Protest of Bills and Notes.
Act of Honour. Power of Attorney. Declaration.

Notarial Act.)

antiquity of the office of notary...1 to 4.

various names of...4.

appointment and authority to practise...5.

functions and powers...5, 6.

precedence...5.

may prepare deeds, conveyances, wills, &c...6.

may protest bills, prepare protests, and authenticate various

instruments, &c. and grant notarial acts...6.

NOTARY-continued,

notarial act, definition of...7, 190, 198.

unqualified persons preparing any act or ceremony belonging
to the office or practice of a notary, penalty...7, 8, 20,
35, 36, 38.

notary lending his name to an unqualified person, to be
struck off the Rolls, and for ever disabled from
acting...8, 15, 37, 38.

as to power to swear affidavits to be used in foreign
countries...8, 9, 188, and note (3).

administering the declarations substituted for certain oaths
by the Act 5th and 6th William 4th, c. 62, sec. 15...9,
10, 191, 195.

notaries not considered as mere ministerial officers, and

occasionally decline acting...11.

notaries sue at common law, and prove debts in bankruptcy

...11.

general lien on bills, notes, deeds, and instruments... 11.
importance attached to the office in ancient times...12.
powers of British consuls respecting notarial acts in foreign
countries...13.

superintendence and control of the Master of the Faculties, and

his power of punishing any offending notary for mis-
conduct in his practice... 15, 73, 74, 191; Addenda, 482.
or for permitting another person to note protests, or act or
practise in the notary's name...15, 20, 37; Addenda,
482.

punishable for falsely dating notarial instruments...15, 73,
74, 191.

or for intentional frauds upon the stamps duties upon
notarial acts...15.

not restricted in the number of articled clerks...17.

regulations as to service of clerkship...17 to 24.

stamp duty on articles of clerkship...21, 22.
form of articles of clerkship...22.

affidavit of execution and filing...23,

service of the full term of seven years...23, 24.