...instrument drawn on a hank and payable on demand; a writing signed by the maker or drawer and containing an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money; with negotiability being the essential characteristic of a check. From this the district conrconcluded...

...Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) --the law applicable in all fifty states--a check must, among other things, contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money and no other promise, order, obligation or power. The UCC defines money as "a medium of exchange authorized...

...a check is simply "a draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand," §3-104(2)(b), which "contain[s] an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money," § 3-104(l)(b). As such, "[t]he drawer engages that upon dishonor of the draft and any necessary notice...

...certificate of deposit is in writing and Is signed by the cashier of the Bank of Vivian, La., as maker." "(2) Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money." "(3) Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time." From the law cited above,...

...instrument must be in writing and signed by the maker (of anote) or drawer (of a bill or check). It musí contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain In money. Must be payable on demand, or at a nxed future time. Must be payable to order or to bearer. In a bill...

...conform to the following requirements: "1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer ; "2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money ; "3. Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time; "4. Must be payable to...

...3-104(l)(a) (1978). § 3.02[1] 3-6 [b] — Unconditional Promise to Pay a Sum Certain The instrument must "contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money and no other promise, order, obligation, or power given by the maker or drawer except as (Text continued...

...(I) Negotiable Instruments means any writing (1 ) signed by the maker or drawer; and (2) containing an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in Money and no other promise, order, obligation or power given by the maker or drawer; and (3) is payable on demand...

...(o) Negotiable instrument means any writing (1) signed by the maker or drawer; and (2) containing any unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in Money and no other promise, order, obligation or power given by the maker or drawer; and (3) is payable on demand...

...Negotiable Instrument means any writing (1 ) signed by the maker or drawer; and (2) containing any unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain In Money and no other promise, order, obligation or power given by the maker or drawer; and (3) is payable on demand...