Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:
From: | David Starner <starner@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, December 26, 2001, 7:41 |
>eh? "legal tender" means that it must, by law, be accepted in payment
>of debts; if you owe me a debt in pounds, and offer me payment in
>dollars, I can refuse it but (under US law) you are then discharged.
I was always the apprehension that, at least in the US, the only people
who have to use legal tender is the Government. Everyone else was merely
governed by contract law - i.e., if our contract tells you to deliver in
pounds, you deliver in pounds, just like if the contract said to deliver
in televisions, or Rembrandants.
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