Ready money; whatever can be used as money without being converted into another form; that which circulates as money, including bank-bills. Hooper v. Flood, 54 Cal. 221; Dazet v. Landry, 21 Nev. 291, 30 Pac. 1004; Blair v. Wilson, 28 Grat. (Va.) 105; Haviland v. Chace, 39 Barb. (N. Y.) 284.