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holder in due course
noun
- a person who has received a negotiable instrument in good faith and without notice that it is overdue, that there is any prior claim, or that there is a defect in the title of the person who negotiated it.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of holder in due course1
First recorded in 1890–95
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