D'Oench Doctrine
- A rule in banking law that disallows a party such as a borrower or guarantor to invoke an undocumented accord with a collapsed bank in opposition to undertakings by the federal insuring entity or its proxies to retrieve on a promissory note like a loan
- The court relied on the D'Oench Doctrine to dismiss the borrower's claim of an unrecorded agreement.
- Because an unrecorded agreement with the failed bank cannot be proved, the D'Oench Doctrine was applied.
- Under the D'Oench Doctrine, the guarantor's claim against the collection on the promissory note was denied.
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