Blank Endorsement - Blank Endorsement

...However, a bill is different from an incomplete bill, which is invalid simply because it lacks certain requirements, in that it is an incomplete bill, so to speak, in which the right to replenish the blank bill (right of replenishment) is granted and completion is planned by exercising that right. In most cases, the issuer signs and puts it into circulation (blank issuance), but there are also cases in which an acceptor, endorser, or guarantor signs it (blank acceptance, blank endorsement, blank guarantee). A blank bill is understood to represent both the legal status of being able to become the right holder on the bill by replenishment and the right to replenish, and has the same economic value as a completed bill. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "blank endorsement" are listed below.

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…しかし，白地を補充する権利(補充権)が付与され，その行使による完成が予定されている，いわば未完成な手形である点で，単に要件を欠くため無効とされる不完全手形と区別される。振出人が署名して流通におく場合(白地振出し)が多いが，引受人や裏書人，保証人による場合(白地引受け，空白裏書，白地保証)もある。　白地手形は，補充によって手形上の権利者となりうる法律上の地位と，補充権とをあわせ表章するものと解されており，経済的には完成した手形と同様な価値を有する。…

※「空白裏書」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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