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Two parallel lines restricting how a cheque may be paid.
Also known as: Crossed cheque, Account payee marking
Two parallel lines drawn across a cheque require it to be paid into a bank account rather than over the counter in cash. Words written between them — account payee only — narrow it further, and the marking has legal effect drawn by anyone who handles the cheque.
Requires a cheque to be paid into a bank account rather than cashed, marked by two parallel lines across its face.
Contexts: History
Is narrowed by words written between the lines, with 'account payee only' restricting payment to the named payee alone.
Contexts: History
Takes effect however it is added, so a holder may cross a cheque that arrived uncrossed and the restriction binds the bank.
Contexts: History
Two parallel lines drawn diagonally across the upper left of a cheque, sometimes with words between them.