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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="3-105" title_number="3" title_name="Negotiable Instruments" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions and Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>“Issue” means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Issuer” applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.</text>
  </level>
</section>
