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  • English banknotes do not have to be accepted anywhere in England either.


    They must be accepted as payment for a debt when paying the money into a court.
  • unholyangel
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    They must be accepted as payment for a debt when paying the money into a court.


    Legal tender only means you cannot be sued for non-payment of a debt if you offer to pay it in legal tender.

    It does not mean that courts have to accept it (but obviously it would be rather silly if they didnt).
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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