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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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