GOOD

A Law Dictionary · 1910 · p. 12
1. Valid; sufficient In law; ef- H fectual; unobjectionable. 2. Responsible; solvent; able to pay an amount specified. 3. Of a value corresponding with Its terms; collectible. A note is said to be I "good" when the payment of it at maturity • may be relied on. Curtis v. Small man, 14 Wencl (N. Y.) 232; Cooke v. Nathan, 16 Barb. (N. Y.) 344. Writing the word "Good" acro the face of a check is the customary mode in which bank- J ers at the present day certify that the drawer has funds to meet it, and that it will be paid on presentation for that purpose. Merchants' Nat. Bank v. State Nat. ·Bank, 10 Wall. f,45, 19 L. Ed. 1008; Irving Bank v. Wet herald, 36 N. Y. 335. -Good a.bearing. See ABEABANCE.-Good K and lawful men. Those who are not disqualified for service on juries by non-age, alien- 11,ge, inJamy, or lunacy, and wbo reside in the county of the venue. Bonds v. State, Mart. & Y. (Tenn.) 146, 17 Am. Dec. 795; State v. Price, 11 N. J. Law, 209,-Good and valid, L Reliable, sufficient, and unimpeachable in law; adequate; responsible.-Good behavior. Orderly and lawful conduct; behavior such as is proper for a peaceable and law-al;>iding citizen. Surety of good behavior may be exacted from any one who manifests an intention to commit crime or is otherwise reasonably suspected of NI a criminal design. Huyser v. Com., 76 S. W., [s. 549]
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