Banker

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A dealer In capital, — an intermediate party between the borrower and the lendet, — who borrows of one party and lends to another; and the business of banking is, among other things, the establishing of a common fund for lending money. 163 111. 65.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One having a place where deposits are received and paid out on checks and where money is loaned on security. See 23 L. Ed-(U. S.) 421.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A private person who keeps a bank; one who is engaged in the business of banking. People v. Doty, 80 N. Y. 228; Auten v. Bank, 174 U. S. 125, 19 Sup. Ct. 628, 43 L. Ed. 920; Richmond v. Blake, 132 U. S. 592, 10 Sup. Ct. 204, 33 In Ed. 481; Meadowcroft v. People, 163 III. 56, 45 N. E. 303, 35 L. In A. 176, 54 Am. St. Rep. 447.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

One who keeps a bank; one who is engaged in the business of banking, v. Banking.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

comm. law. A banker is one engaged in the business of receiving other persons’ money on 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. Private bankers are generally not permitted. The business of bankers is generally performed through the medium of In England a distinction is made between bank notes, (q. v.) 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. 6 Mod. 29. 3 Chit. Com. Law, 590.