N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 4-104 – Definitions and Index of Definitions
§ 4–104. Definitions and Index of Definitions.
Terms Used In N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 4-104
- Account: means any account with a bank and includes a
checking, time, interest or savings account;
(b) "Afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and
midnight;
(c) "Banking day" means that part of any day on which a bank is
open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its
banking functions;
(d) "Clearing house" means any association of banks or other
payors regularly clearing items;
(e) "Customer" means any person having an account with a bank or
for whom a bank has agreed to collect items and includes a
bank carrying an account with another bank;
(f) "Documentary draft" means any negotiable or non-negotiable
draft with accompanying documents, securities or other papers
to be delivered against honor of the draft;
(g) "Item" means any instrument for the payment of money even
though it is not negotiable but does not include money;
(h) "Midnight deadline" with respect to a bank is midnight on its
next banking day following the banking day on which it
receives the relevant item or notice or from which the time
for taking action commences to run, whichever is later;
(i) "Obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check, the
issuer of a cashier's check, or the drawer of a teller's
check;
(j) "Properly payable" includes the availability of funds for
payment at the time of decision to pay or dishonor;
(k) "Remitter" means the buyer from the obligated bank of a
cashier's check or a teller's check, and the drawer of a
certified check;
(l) "Settle" means to pay in cash, by clearing house settlement,
in a charge or credit or by remittance, or otherwise as
instructed. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 4-104 - Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) In this Article unless the context otherwise requires
(a) "Account" means any account with a bank and includes a
checking, time, interest or savings account;
(b) "Afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and
midnight;
(c) "Banking day" means that part of any day on which a bank is
open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its
banking functions;
(d) "Clearing house" means any association of banks or other
payors regularly clearing items;
(e) "Customer" means any person having an account with a bank or
for whom a bank has agreed to collect items and includes a
bank carrying an account with another bank;
(f) "Documentary draft" means any negotiable or non-negotiable
draft with accompanying documents, securities or other papers
to be delivered against honor of the draft;
(g) "Item" means any instrument for the payment of money even
though it is not negotiable but does not include money;
(h) "Midnight deadline" with respect to a bank is midnight on its
next banking day following the banking day on which it
receives the relevant item or notice or from which the time
for taking action commences to run, whichever is later;
(i) "Obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check, the
issuer of a cashier's check, or the drawer of a teller's
check;
(j) "Properly payable" includes the availability of funds for
payment at the time of decision to pay or dishonor;
(k) "Remitter" means the buyer from the obligated bank of a
cashier's check or a teller's check, and the drawer of a
certified check;
(l) "Settle" means to pay in cash, by clearing house settlement,
in a charge or credit or by remittance, or otherwise as
instructed. A settlement may be either provisional or final;
(m) "Suspends payments" with respect to a bank means that it has
been closed by order of the supervisory authorities, that a
public officer has been appointed to take it over or that it
ceases or refuses to make payments in the ordinary course of
business.
(2) Other definitions applying to this Article and the sections in which they appear are:
"Collecting bank" Section 4–105.
"Depositary bank" Section 4–105.
"Intermediary bank" Section 4–105.
"Payor bank" Section 4–105.
"Presenting bank" Section 4–105.
"Remitting bank" Section 4–105.
(3) The following definitions in other Articles apply to this Article:
"Acceptance" Section 3–410.
"Certificate of deposit" Section 3–104.
"Certification" Section 3–411.
"Check" Section 3–104.
"Draft" Section 3–104.
"Holder in due course" Section 3–302.
"Notice of dishonor" Section 3–508.
"Presentment" Section 3–504.
"Protest" Section 3–509.
"Secondary party" Section 3–102.
(4) In addition Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.