Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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notarial protest certificate
See PROTEST CERTIFICATE.
protest certificate
A notarial certificate declaring (1) that a holder in due course has recruited the notary public to present a previously refused or dishonored negotiable instrument, (2) that the notary has presented the instrument to the person responsible for pay- ment or acceptance (the drawee), (3) that the instrument was presented at a given time and place, and (4) that the drawee refused or dishonored the instrument. ( In former practice, the notary would issue a protest certificate, which could then be presented to the drawee and any other liable parties as notice that the holder could seek damages for the dishonored negotiable instrument. - Also termed notarial protest certificate. See NOTICE OF DISHONOR.