Negotiable Instrument Essay

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In (USLegal, Inc, 2001-2012) states that Business law encompasses the law governing contracts, sales, commercial paper, agency and employment law, business organizations, property, and bailments. Other popular areas include insurance, wills and estate planning, and consumer and creditor protection. Business law may include issues such as starting, selling, or buying a small business, managing a business, dealing with employees, or dealing with contracts, among others. In any business transaction there is exchange of goods and services. Goods are bought and sold for credit. In all these transaction there is flow of cash either immediately or after a certain period of time. In modern business there is bump of money transaction taking place. This is a risky one to make or receive cash. Certain documents are necessary for making payments; these documents are called Negotiable Instrument. This report is about negotiable instrument 16/95 in Maldives. This report mainly highlights the purpose and aim of this law and the content of the law and compared the Maldivian law with English law. The key content that will cover is documents which can be exchanged for currency, Introduction to Negotiable Instruments of Maldives (law no: 16/95) and UK law A negotiable instrument is a written document, signed by the maker or drawer, and containing an unconditional promise to pay (or order to pay) a certain sum of money on delivery, or at definite time, to the bearer (or to the order). Negotiable instrument of Maldives (law no: 16/95) explains all the possible way of exchanging documents. There is a reason to believe that instrument to exchange were in use for a safety purpose. It is risky to carry cash in hand where ever you go, because it may end up in theft and it might lose.The main aim of the law of negotiable instruments in Maldives is to allow people to transact business
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