NOMINAL-PAYEE RULE

nominal-payee rule.Commercial law. The rule that validates any person’s indorsement of an instrument (such as a check) when the instrument’s drawer intended for the payee to have no interest in the instrument. UCC § 3-404(b). [Cases: Bills and Notes 279. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 29, 150–151.]

[Blacks Law 8th]