com. law. 1. A place for the deposit of money. 2. An institution, generally incorporated, authorized to receive deposits of money, to lend money, and to issue promissory notes, usually known by the name of bank notes. 3. Banks are said to be of three kinds, viz : of deposit, of discount, and of circulation; they generally perform all these operatious. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...] about BANK
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BANKERS NOTE
(Bankers' Note) contracts. In England a distinction is made between bank notes, and bankers' notes. The latter are promissory notes, and resemble bank notes in every respect, except that they are given by persons acting as private bankers. … [Read more...] about BANKERS NOTE
BALCANIFER, OR BALDAKINIFER
The standard-bearer of the Knights Templar. … [Read more...] about BALCANIFER, OR BALDAKINIFER
BALLOTTEMENT
Fr. In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly, jerked upward, the foetus, if one be present, can be felt rising upward and then settling back against the finger. … [Read more...] about BALLOTTEMENT
BANK ACCOUNT
A customer account in a bank for which money can be deposited and withdrawn. … [Read more...] about BANK ACCOUNT