payable to order

These notes are payable to order, but the Treasury would issue them in blank form if requested.

Only a few 1879 Refunding Certificates were imprinted with the inscription, "Payable to Order".

Sixty-day and two-year notes were issued, payable to order, receivable in payment of all debts due to the Unitest States, and exchangeable for bonds at par.

On April 8th, notes payable to order to the amount of seventy-eight thousand livres, were received by Monsieur de Lamotte's lawyer, as if coming from Madame de Lamotte.

The only exception is that if an instrument meets the definition of a cheque (a bill of exchange payable on demand and drawn on a bank) and is not payable to order (i.e. if it just reads "pay John Doe") then it is treated as a negotiable instrument.

-A promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque is payable to order which is expressed to be so payable or which is expressed to be payable to a particular person, and does not contain words prohibiting transfer or indicating an intention that it shall not be transferable.