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BE LEGAL TENDER [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Banking
  • Commercial Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
OBS

Certain kinds of money are legal tender. Legal tender money must be accepted by the creditor when used in the discharge of monetary obligations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Banque
  • Droit commercial
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Donner aux billets [...] un cours légal [...] voulait dire [...] que leur possesseur pouvait s'en servir officiellement pour éteindre ses dettes ou [...] que le billet avait «pouvoir libératoire».

Spanish

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