certified check

Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

United States Code

12 U.S.C. § 4001 — for purposes of this chapter

The term “certified check” means any check with respect to which a depository institution certifies that—

(A) the signature on the check is genuine; and

(B) such depository institution has set aside funds which—

(i) are equal to the amount of the check; and

(ii) will be used only to pay such check.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A check which has been recognized by the proper officer as a valid appropriation of the amount of money therein specified to the person therein named, and which bears upon itself the evidence of such recognition. Certification of a check is usually accomplished by writing the name of the officer authorized to bind the bank in that manner across the face of the check. See "Check." Sewell, Bank.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A check certified by a bank as being payable out of a specific fund deposited to meet it. See 67 N. Y. 458, 23 Am. Rep. 129.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the practice of bankers. This is a depositor's check recognized and accepted by the proper officer of the bank as a valid appropriation of the amount specified to the payee named, and as drawn against funds of such depositor held by the bank. The usual method of certification is for the cashier or teller to write across the face of the check, over his signature, a statement that it is "good when properly indorsed" for the amount of money written in the body of the check.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the practice of bankers, ‘This is a depositor’s check recognized and accepted by the proper olticer of the bank as a valid appropriation of the amount specified to the payee named, and as drawn against funds of such depositor held by the bank. The usual method of certifieation is for the cashier or teller to write his name across the face of the check,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A check as it were accepted, by having the bank's teller or cashier write his name across the face, thereby admitting that the bank has funds to meet it.