executed note
A note that has been signed and delivered. [Cases: Bills and Notes 54–62. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 26–32, 34, 197.]
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non est factum
non est factum (non est fak-t[schwa]m). [Latin “it is not his deed”] Hist. A denial of the execution of an instrument sued on. [Cases: Bills and Notes 475. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit § 272.] “The general issue in covenant is ‘non est factum,’ which is a formal denial that the deed is
instrument
instrument. 1. A written legal document that defines rights, duties, entitlements, or liabilities, such as a contract, will, promissory note, or share certificate. “An ‘instrument’ seems to embrace contracts, deeds, statutes, wills, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, schemes, letters patent, rules, regulations, bye-laws, whether in writing or in print, or partly in both; in fact,