Promissory notes are used in a variety of transactions and can be used by small business owners to fund business activities. If your lender requires you to sign the promissory note in your own name, ...

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If you get a mortgage to buy a home, you will end up signing something called a promissory note. So what exactly is a promissory note? In the most basic terms, it’s a legal document you sign ...

Although it may appear on different types of documents, the term "payable on demand" almost always is associated with promissory notes. As the words imply, the term means a debt must be paid when the ...