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Overdraft

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Abbott (1879)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Ovkuuraw.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Differs in meaning from "draft;" that often signifies the instrument asking for money. We have never met "overdraft" used for the instrument asking for too much money; it usually signifies the act of drawing too much, or the state of the account after too much has been drawn. The balance or demand against the depositor, after he has drawn out more than his balance, constitutes the overdraft.