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Bank Account

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A fund deposited by a customer of a bank into its common cash, to be drawn out by checks from time to time, as the depositor may require. in the depositor's bank book, and the other in the books of the bank.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The funds of a bank from which a depositor may draw. See 51 N. H. 78.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A fund which merchants, traders, and others have deposited into the common cash of some bank, to be drawn out by checks from time to time as the owner or depositor may require.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A sum of money placed with a bank or banker, on deposit, by a customer, and subject to be drawn out on the latter's check. The statement or computation of the several sums deposited and those drawn out by the customer on checks, entered on the books of the bank and the depositor's pass-book. Gnie v. Drake, 51 N. H. 84.

Defined under Bank in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A sum of money placed with a bank or banker, on deposit, by a customer, and subject to be drawn out on the latter’s check. The statement or computation of the several sums deposited and those drawn out by the customer on checks, entered on the books of the bank and the depositor’s pass-book.