(1) gold clause means a provision in or related to an obligation alleging to give the obligee a right to require payment in (A) gold; (B) a particular United States coin or currency; or (C) United States money measured in gold or a particular United States coin or currency.
What is the gold standard clause?
Gold clauses guaranteed that contracts would be repaid in gold or in golds monetary equivalent, at the value set in 1900. A series of cases in the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of these actions. Together, these measures weakened the dollars link to gold.
What does the fact that US currency is legal tender mean?
Legal Tender refers to all U.S. coins and currency that issued by the government. U.S. Cash dollars are also a valid form of legal tender. Nonetheless, federal statutes do not require a seller to accept cash as a form of legal tender for payment of goods or services that were rendered.
What is the USC Code 31?
Title 31 of the United States Code outlines the role of the money and finance in the United States Code.
What is 31 USC 5118?
A person lawfully holding United States coins and currency may present the coins and currency to the Secretary of the Treasury for exchange (dollar for dollar) for other United States coins and currency (other than gold and silver coins) that may be lawfully held.
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What is a public debt obligation under 31 USC 5118 A )( 2?
(2) public debt obligation means a domestic obligation issued or guaranteed by the United States Government to repay money or interest.
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31 U.S. Code 5118 - Gold clauses and consent to sue
(1) gold clause means a provision in or related to an obligation alleging to give the obligee a right to require payment in (A). gold (B). a particular
Payment for the transferred gold is made by crediting equiva- lent amounts in dollars in accounts established in the Treasury under the 15th paragraph of sec-.
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