MONEY ORDER

money order.A negotiable draft issued by an authorized entity (such as a bank, telegraph company, post office, etc.) to a purchaser, in lieu of a check to be used to pay a debt or otherwise transmit funds upon the credit of the issuer. [Cases: Postal Service 18. C.J.S. Postal Service and Offenses Against Postal Laws ยง 2.]

[Blacks Law 8th]