From: john boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Is my note still legal tender?
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:15:52 +0000

In message <9uoftvkoi2trtep3arctbfibc5be9bf77f@4ax.com>, Chris Blunt 
 writes
>On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:59:46 +0000, john boyle 
>wrote:
>
>>"The concept of legal tender is often misunderstood. Contrary to popular
>>opinion, legal tender is not a means of payment that must be accepted by
>>the parties to a transaction, but rather a legally defined means of
>>payment that should not be refused by a creditor in satisfaction of a
>>debt.
>
>I can't quite see why those are not synonymous. Surely if it "should
>not be refused by a creditor" then it "must be accepted". What's the
>subtle difference there that I'm missing?
>
Should is not a synonym of must.
-- 
john boyle