Overdraft
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Differs in meaning from "draft;" that often signifies the instrument asking for money. We have never met "overdraft" used for the instrument asking for too much money; it usually signifies the act of drawing too much, or the state of the account after too much has been drawn. The balance or demand against the depositor, after he has drawn out more than his balance, constitutes the overdraft.