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The business of receiving money on deposit, loaning money, discounting notes, issuing notes for circulation, collecting money on notes deposited, negotiating bills, etc. Bank v. Turner, 154 Ind. 456, 57 N. E. 110. See Bank; Bankeb. … [Read more...] about BANKING

In Spanish law. Waste land; land that is neither arable nor pasture. White New Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6, … [Read more...] about BALDIO

1. In old English, and civil law. A proclamation; a public notice; the announcement of an intended marriage. Cow ell. An excommunication; a curse, publicly pronounced. A proclamation of silence made by a crier in court before the meeting of champions in combat Id. A statute, edict, or command; a fine, or penalty. 2. In French law. The right of announcing the time of mowing, … [Read more...] about BAN

A bank fee, a charge, e.g. for insufficient funds in one's checking account. … [Read more...] about BANK CHARGE

A person who has committed an act of bankruptcy; one who has done some act or suffered some act to be done in consequence of which, under the laws of his country, he is liable to be proceeded against by his creditors for the seizure and distribution among them of his entire property. Ashby v. Steere, 2 Woodb. & M. 347, 2 Fed. Oas. 15; In re Scott, 21 Fed. Oas. 803; U. S. v. … [Read more...] about BANKRUPT