Definition of DISHONOR in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISHONOR
In mercantile law and usage. To refuse or decline to accept a bill of exchange, or to refuse or neglect to pay a bill or note at maturity. Shelton v. Braithwaite, 7 Mees. & W. 436; Brewster v. Arnold, 1 Wis. 276.
Notice of Dishonor
A notice given by the holder to the drawer of a bill, or to an indorser of a bill or note, that it has been dishonored by nonacceptance on presentment for acceptance, or by nonpayment at its maturity. 2 Daniel, Neg. Inst. § 970.
As respects the flag, to deface or defile, imputing a lively sense of shaming or an equivalent acquiescent callousness. State v. Schlueter, 127 N.J.L. 496, 23 A.2d 249, 251.
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