Legal Definition and Related Resources of Note

A brief memorandum ; a writing usually brief. Also an abbreviation for a promissory note . A written obligation to pay moneys; a written paper acknowledging a debt and promising payment . A promise other than a certificate of deposit .-See §3-104 of U.C.C.; also see negotiable instrument .

Debt instruments with initial maturities greater than one year and less than 10 years.

(Brief comment), noun

• abstract
• adnotatio
• annotation
• billet
• brief
• codicilr
• comment
• commentary
• communication
• dispatch
• entrv
• epistula
• exegesis
• explanatory comment
• explanatory remark
• footnote
• gloss
• marginal annotation
• memorandum
• message
• minute
• missive
• record
• reminder
• scholium
• short letter
• statement
• word of explanation
• Associated Concepts: note of issue

(Notice), verb

• acknowledge
• advert to
• apperceive
• appreciate
• attend
• be attentive
• become aware
• become conscious
• cognize
• direct attention to
• discern
• discover
• fix attention on
• give attention to
• hearken to
• heed
• look at
• make out
• mark
• mind
• observe
• pay attention to
• pay heed to
• perceive
• realize
• regard
• see
• take account of
• take cognizance of
• take notice
• turn attention to
• watch
• witness

(Record), verb

• adnotare
• annotate
• calendar
• catalogue
• chronicle
• commit to writing
• docket
• document
• enregister
• enter
• jot down
• keep accounts
• log
• make a memorandum
• make an entry
• mark
• mark down
• pen
• put in writing
• put on paper
• put on record
• scribe
• set down
• take down
• write
• write down

(Written promise to pay), noun

• bond
• check
• debenture
• draft
• money order
• negotiable instrument
• negotiable paper
• voucher Associated Concepts: accommodation note
• bank note
• bearer notes
• cognovit note
• commercial paper
• negotiable note
• promissory note
• treasury note

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Translate Note from English to Spanish

Translation of Note , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Nota and other legal terms is available here.

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• Legal English Translation

Note Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Note in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Written promise to pay a specified amount to a certain entity on demand or on a specified date.

Legal Usage of Note in English

An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Note:In our administration, the word ‘note’ (dictionary definition = ‘a brief letter, usually of an informal nature’) seems to have invaded the semantic fields of both ‘memo’ (‘a written communication, as in a business office’) and ‘letter’ (many of our ‘notes’ are anything but brief, and none of them are informal).

Example

‘An information note from Vice-President Kallas and the President, addressed to the College under the title, “Review of security policy, implementation and control within the Commission”, which covered physical security as well as security of information, was adopted in 2008127.’

Alternatives

memo, letter.

Resources

Further Reading

• David Mellinkoff, “Mellinkoff’s Dictionary of American Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1992
• Bryan A. Garner, “A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1995

Concept of Note in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Note: A unilateral agreement containing an express and absolute promise of the signer to pay a named person, or order, or bearer, a definite sum of money at a specified date or on demand. Usually provides for interest and, concerning real property, is secured by a mortgage or trust deed.

Concept of Note in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Note: A unilateral agreement containing an express and absolute promise of the signer to pay a named person, or order, or bearer, a definite sum of money at a specified date or on demand. Usually provides for interest and, concerning real property, is secured by a mortgage or trust deed.

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