Retour Sans Protêt

Concept of “Retour Sans Protêt”

Traditional meaning of retour sans protêt in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) A direction by the drawer to have a bill returned, if dishonored, without protest, and sans frais, without charges.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Retour Sans Protêt”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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