crossed cheque

Royal Mail does not consider a crossed cheque to be of any value.

Take advantage of the new law: Until recently, crossed cheques issued by banks gave little protection.

A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.

A crossed cheque does not affect the negotiability of the instrument.

A crossed cheque is a cheque that has been marked to specify an instruction about the way it is to be redeemed.

By using crossed cheques, cheque writers can effectively protect the cheques they write from being stolen and cashed.

Mr Williams had no bank account and received a crossed cheque marked 'not negotiable' payable to himself for £15.

A crossed cheque is a cheque which is payable only through a collecting banker and not directly at the counter of the bank.

On a crossed cheque the words "account payee only" (or similar) are printed between two parallel vertical lines in the centre of the cheque.

Mr Jason, a small hotelier, accepts a crossed cheque marked 'not negotiable' from a guest calling himself B. Smythe for £10 in payment of his bill.

The rules concerning crossed cheques are set out in Section 1 of the Cheques Act 1992 and prevent cheques being cashed by or paid into the accounts of third parties.

Every subscription should be made in cash or through a crossed cheque or draft or postal order, in favour of the accounts office, at the place at which that office is situated.

If you can't use a credit card the next best options are a crossed cheque, a postal order, or try to persuade the company to take cash on delivery, once you've had time to inspect the goods, of course.

Repayment of such and larger deposits has to be either by " A/c payee " crossed cheque in the name of the customer or by credit to the saving bank a/c or current a/c of the customer.

Taylor & Lewis agreed to pay one hundred pounds sterling in the evening of the day of each concert by a crossed cheque, and also to find and provide, at their own cost, all the necessary artistes for the concerts, including Mr. Sims Reeves.

HERE'S HOW TO ORDER: make your crossed cheque or postal orders payable to MS WOMAN OFFERS and send to WOMAN /Jersey Two-piece Offer, Ref.

Mohamad Suji @ Ahmad Awang, a former religious teacher, was the first to file his papers, but had them rejected by the Election Commission for paying the nomination fee of RM5,000 with a crossed cheque instead of cash or a bank draft.