holder in due course

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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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Origin of holder in due course

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby holder in due course

holddown, hold 'em, holden, holder, Hölder condition, holder in due course, Hölderlin, hold everything, holdfast, hold forth, hold good

How to use holder in due course in a sentence

“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.
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Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.
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The U.S. military has said it is too early to make any conclusions, other than the war is on course.
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With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.
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I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.
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And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.
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What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin