Ohio § 1305.01

§ 1305.01.

(A) As used in this chapter: (1) “ Adviser ” means a person who, at the request of the issuer, a confirmer, or another adviser,

notifies or requests another adviser to notify the beneficiary that a letter of credit

has been issued, confirmed, or amended. (2) “ Applicant ” means a person at whose request or for whose account a letter of credit is issued.  The term includes a person who requests an issuer to issue a letter of credit on

behalf of another if the person making the request undertakes an obligation to reimburse

the issuer. (3) “ Beneficiary ” means a person who, under the terms of a letter of credit, is entitled to have its

complying presentation honored.  The term includes a person to whom drawing rights have been transferred under a

transferable letter of credit. (4) “ Confirmer ” means a nominated person who undertakes, at the request or with the consent of the

issuer, to honor a presentation under a letter of credit issued by another. (5) “Dishonor” of a letter of credit means failure timely to honor or to take an interim

action, such as acceptance of a draft, that may be required by the letter of credit. (6) “ Document ” means a draft or other demand, document of title, investment security, certificate,

invoice, or other record, statement, or representation of fact, law, right, or opinion

that is (a) presented in a written or other medium permitted by the letter of credit

or, unless prohibited by the letter of credit, by the standard practice referred to

in division (E) of section 1305.07 of the Revised Code and (b) capable of being examined for compliance with the terms and conditions of

the letter of credit.  A document may not be oral. (7) “ Good faith ” means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. (8) “Honor” of a letter of credit means performance of the issuer's undertaking in the

letter of credit to pay or deliver an item of value.  Unless the letter of credit otherwise provides, “honor” occurs: (a) Upon payment; (b) If the letter of credit provides for acceptance, upon acceptance of a draft and,

at maturity, its payment;  or (c) If the letter of credit provides for incurring a deferred obligation, upon incurring

the obligation and, at maturity, its performance. (9) “ Issuer ” means a bank or other person that issues a letter of credit, but does not include

an individual who makes an engagement for personal, family, or household purposes. (10) “ Letter of credit ” means a definite undertaking that satisfies the requirements of section 1305.03 of the Revised Code by an issuer to a beneficiary at the request or for the account of an applicant or,

in the case of a financial institution, to itself or for its own account, to honor

a documentary presentation by payment or delivery of an item of value. (11) “ Nominated person ” means a person whom the issuer (a) designates or authorizes to pay, accept, negotiate,

or otherwise give value under a letter of credit and (b) undertakes by agreement or

custom and practice to reimburse. (12) “ Presentation ” means delivery of a document to an issuer or nominated person for honor or giving

of value under a letter of credit. (13) “ Presenter ” means a person making a presentation as, or on behalf of, a beneficiary or nominated

person. (14) “ Record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium, or that is stored in an

electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (15) “ Successor of a beneficiary ” means a person who succeeds to substantially all of the rights of a beneficiary

by operation of law, including a corporation with or into which the beneficiary has

been merged or consolidated, an administrator, executor, personal representative,

trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, liquidator, and receiver. (B) Definitions in other chapters applying to this chapter and the sections in which

they appear are:  “accept” or “acceptance” in section 1303.46 and “value” in sections 1303.33 and 1304.21 of the Revised Code . (C) Chapter 1301. of the Revised Code contains certain additional general definitions

and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.