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Webster 1913 Edition
Promissory
Prom′is-so-ry
,Adj.
Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Promissory note
(Law)
, a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; – frequently called a
note of hand
. Kent. Byles. Story.
Webster 1828 Edition
Promissory
PROM'ISSORY
,Adj.
1.
In law, a promissory note is a writing which contains a promise of the payment of money or the delivery of property to another, at or before a time specified, in consideration of value received by the promiser. In England, promissory notes and bills of exchange, being negotiable for the payment of a less sum than twenty shillings, are declared to be void by Stat 15. Geo.III.Definition 2024
promissory
promissory
English
Adjective
promissory (not comparable)
- Containing or consisting of a promise.
- (law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement.
Derived terms
References
- “promissory” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- promissory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “promissory” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- “promissory” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)