| From: | David Starner <starner@...> |
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| 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.
| John Cowan <jcowan@...> | |
| Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |