Indorsement
INDORSEMENT, or ENDORSEMENT (from Med. Lat. indorsare, to write upon the dor sum, or back), anything written or printed upon the back of a document. In its technical sense, it is the writing upon a bill of exchange, cheque or other negotiable instrument, by one who has a right to the instrument and who thereby transmits the right and incurs certain liabilities. See BILL OF EXCHANGE.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
