Originally Posted by
GUWonder
So they can be illegally tendered in the UK?
Well, if "legal tender" meant anything that is not "illegally tendered", then sweets would be legal tender in the UK since nothing prevents you from tendering sweets as payment. A trader could of course refuse sweets but they could equally refuse Scottish banknotes.
If you're trying to use a restricted definition of "legal tender" as defined by law in one jurisdiction, I'm not going to take issue with it.
No, I am just using the normal, generic definition of legal tender,* viz a form of payment that cannot be refused in settlement of a debt rather than any specific technical meaning the term might have in particular jurisdictions. It may well be that "legal tender" means something else in GUWonder-ese but you will excuse me for not being terribly familiar with the latter.
*
: sample definitions in common dictionaries;
OED: "Coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt"
Merriam-Webster : "money that is legally valid for the payment of debts and that must be accepted for that purpose when offered"
Collins: "currency in specified denominations that a creditor must by law accept in redemption of a debt"