FICTITIOUS PAYEE
\fɪktˈɪʃəs pˈe͡ɪiː], \fɪktˈɪʃəs pˈeɪiː], \f_ɪ_k_t_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s p_ˈeɪ_iː]\
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Contract. A supposed person; a payee, who has no existence.
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When the name of a fictitious payee has been used, in making a bill of exchange, and it has been endorsed in such name, it is considered as having the effect of a bill payble to bearer, and a bona fide holder, ignorant of that fact, may recover on it, against all prior parties who were privy, to the transaction. 2 H. Bl. 178, 288; 3 T. R. 174, 182, 481; 3 Bro. C. C. 238. Vide Bills of Exchange, §1.
By John Bouvier