TENDER

In Law, the legal tender of a debt is by the actual production and offer of the sum due, unle the creditor dispense with it by a declaration that he will not accept it. The tender must be of money: if beyond the sum of 40s., in gold, or in what has been rendered by act of parliament equivalent for that purpose, viz. Bank of England notes, which are a legal tender for every sum above 5/., except at the Bank of lingland or its branches. A tender of country bank notes, if not objected to on that ground, is sufficient. The tender of a larger sum than that due is legal, unle it be of a sum requiring change. [s. 1235]