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FrançaisA person who possesses a bearer document and who is entitled to payment of funds or transfer of title to property on presentation of the document to the payee or transferor. For example, a buyer who presents bearer documents of…
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A negotiable document such as a pawn ticket, a duly-endorsed cheque, or one payable to the order cash, or a negotiable warehouse receipt, whereby the holder is considered to be the owner of the goods that the bearer document represents….
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In letter of credit context, generally the exporter-seller; the one on whose behalf the letter of credit is opened by the applicant (the importer-buyer) the party to whom the L/C is opened, generally the exporter-seller. In a guarantee/bond context, the…
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A treaty, administered by the World International Property Organization (WIPO), for the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works.
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