Payment

Definition and stakes

Portrait of James Moore Wayne James Moore Wayne,  Iron v. Corning — Opinion of the Court

“ Comyns's Digest, Title Agreement, C. So if a man promise payment, without saying to whom, it shall be intended to him from whom the consideration comes. Cro. Eliz. 149. And upon a promise of payment, according to the rate of forty shillings per ton, it shall be intended that payment will be made for the odd pounds, according to the same rate. Yelverton, 134.
The practical construction of both parties has been in conformity to the interpretation on which the defendants insist.
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L. Paul Bremer, Coalition Provisional Authority,  Order 95:: Financial Management Law and Public Debt Law

“ Number 71, Local Governmental Powers (the “Local Governmental Powers Law”) .
24) “Line items” are the payments specifically itemized in the budget law.
25) “In kind” means a transfer or exchange in which payment takes the form of tangible
property, intangible property, or services rather than cash.
26) “Liability” is a present obligation arising from past events, the settlement of which is
expected to result in a future payment in cash or in kind.
27) “Outlay” means a payment to liquidate an obligation other than borrowing.
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