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Banishment

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

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

crim. 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. tution, generally incorporated, authorised to receive deposits of money, to lend money, and to issue promissory notes, usually known by the name of bank notes.

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Banks are said to be of three kinds, viz. of deposit, of discount, and of circulation; they generally perform all these operations.