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Legal tender

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002985

Currency that a creditor must accept in payment for a debt, as specified by law. It is typically issued by a national government and includes banknotes and coins. In the United States, all U.S. coins and currency are legal tender for all debts, public and private.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002985
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002985",
  "term": "Legal tender",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Currency that a creditor must accept in payment for a debt, as specified by law. It is typically issued by a national government and includes banknotes and coins. In the United States, all U.S. coins and currency are legal tender for all debts, public and private.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legal-tender/"
}

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