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BANKER
A private person who keeps a bank; one who is engaged in the business of banking. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition com. law. A banker is one engaged in the business of receiving other persons money in deposit, to be returned on demand discounting other persons' notes, and issuing his own for circulation. One who performs the business usually transacted by a bank. … [Read more...] about BANKER
BALANCE SHEET
A statement made by merchants and others to show the true state of a particular business. A balance sheet should exhibit all the balances of debits and credits, also the value of merchandize, and the result of the whole. … [Read more...] about BALANCE SHEET
BALLOT
In the law of elections. A slip of paper bearing the names of the offices to be filled at the particular election and the names of the candidates for whom the elector desires to vote; it may be printed,, or written, or partly printed and partly written, and is deposited by the voter in a "ballot box" which is in the custody of the officers holding the election. Opinion of … [Read more...] about BALLOT
BANISHMENT
In criminal law. A punishment inflicted upon criminals, by compelling them to quit a city, place, or country for a specified period of time, or for life. See Cooper v. Telfair, 4 Dall. 14, 1 L. Ed. 721; People v. Potter, 1 Park. Or. R. (N. Y.) 54. It is inflicted principally upon political offenders,1 "transportation" being the word used to express a similar punishment of … [Read more...] about BANISHMENT