Indorsement
the term generally used to denote the writing of the name of the holder on the back of a bill of exchange or promissory note, on transferring or assigning it to another. Signing the name "A. B." alone is a blank indorsement. When personal liability is to be avoided the words "without recourse" are added, and in this case no demand would otherwise be liable. The word incan come back on the indorser, who dorsement is also frequently used to denote any matters written or indorsed on the back of writs or deeds, as indorsements on declarations, on writs of summons, etc. mons, etc.
France lying S. of the department of INDRE (ang'dr), a department of Loir-et-Cher; area, 2,679 square miles.
It is watered by the Indre, the Creuse, and its tributary, the Anglin. The surface is generally flat, and the land fertile, producing large crops of wheat and barley. The two principal resources of the department, however, are its vinethe department, however, are its vineyards and its flocks. Chief towns: Châdun, and La Châtre. Pop. about 300,000. INDRE-ET-LOIRE INDRE-ET-LOIRE (ang-drāl-wär'), a department of France, lying N. W. of the department of Indre. It is watered by the Loire, and by its tributaries, the Cher, the Indre, and the Vienne, all of them navigable. Of the products, which include an abundant yield of the ordinary bread stuffs, wine is the most important. Chief towns: Tours, the capital, Chinon, and Loches. Pop. about 350,000.