Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    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: 2nd Edition

    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.