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1703 W. Forbes Methodical Treat. Bills of Exchange v. 73 The Reason why an acceptance supra protest must be made before a Notary, and reduced into an Instrument, with all the circumstances on't is; Because otherwise, any person who hath simply accepted and paid a Bill, might afterwards upon notice of the Drawer [etc.].

1779 R. Hamilton Introd. Merchandize II. iv. viii. 167 The method of transacting the payment of bills supra protest was explained in Note KK.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 22 After a bill has been protested, it is sometimes accepted by a third party, for the purpose of saving the reputation of a drawer or of an endorser. Such an acceptance is called an acceptance ‘Supra Protest’.

1847 B. F. Foster Counting-house Assistant 99 The acceptor supra protest is bound to notify without delay his acceptance to the person for whose honor it was made.

1896 Amer. Law Reg. & Rev. 44 253 The drafts were thereupon protested, according to mercantile usage, and the second banking-house then accepted them supra protest and paid them.

1932 Columbia Law Rev. 32 9 The defendant purchased the draft supra protest for his own honor.

1968 Law Rep.: Queen’s Bench Div. 2 849 The only difference being that the defendants instead of purchasing the drafts paid them supra protest for honour.

2005 S. S. Gulshan & G. K. Kapoor Business & Corporate Laws (ed. 2) i. v. 46 Any person may intervene when a bill has been noted or protested for non-payment, and pay supra protest for the honour of any party liable on the bill.