Ahmed Cohen received a check for $5,000 for a used car he sold.The check did not specify to whom the check was payable.On the back of this check Ahmed wrote,in his handwriting,"Ahmed Cohen." This has the legal effect of:
A)making this instrument nonnegotiable.
B)making this instrument void.
C)making this instrument order paper.
D)making this instrument bearer paper.

Question

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If an indorser merely signs his name and does not specify to whom the instrument is payable,he has indorsed the instrument in blank.An instrument indorsed in blank is payable to the bearer (person in possession of it)and from that act is "bearer paper."

Ahmed Cohen Received a Check for $5,000 for a Used