| 单词 | Material alteration |
| 释义 | 要項上的更改 1. A substantial or significant alteration to a document made by one party without the consent of the other. To be material, the alteration should affect the contractual obligations of the parties to it: Ellesmere Brewery Co v Cooper [1896] 1 QB 75. In such a case, the contract is discharged (by operation of law) to the extent that the party making the unauthorised alteration cannot maintain an action based on the contract: Bishop of Credition v Bishop of Exeter [1905] 2 Ch 455. 2. In regard to a bill of exchange, any alteration to the date, the sum payable, or the place of payment of the bill, or, where the bill has been accepted generally, the addition of a place of payment without the consent of the acceptor: Bills of Exchange (Cap 19) s 64 (2). See also Acceptor; Apparent alteration; Bill of exchange; Discharge; General acceptance; Indorser. 1. 指在沒有另一方同意的情況下，某方對某文件作出實質或重大的更改。如屬關鍵性的要項，該項更改須影響各方的合約責任：Ellesmere Brewery Co v Cooper [1896] 1 QB 75。在此情況下，合約將由法律實施解除至未授權而作出更改的一方無法保留根據合約所作出的行動：Bishop of Credition v Bishop of Exeter [1905] 2 Ch 455。2. 就匯票而言，任何日期、應付款額、付款時間及付款地方；如匯票已獲一般承兌，則未經承兌人同意而加上付款地方：《匯票條例》(第19章)第64條(2)。另見 Acceptor; Apparent alteration; Bill of exchange; Discharge; General acceptance; Indorser。 |
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