 | Commerce - 1850 - 712 pages
...or corporation in England called bankers, nor has the business any definition or description cither by common law or by statute. By custom we call a man...it upon demand ; and when any man has opened such ะป shop, we call him a banker, without inquiring whether any man has given him money to keep or no... | |
 | Commerce - 1850 - 718 pages
...a literal copy thereof: โ 1. A Banker is a man who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks and books for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is carried on, is usually called in London a Banking... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1850 - 736 pages
...a literal copy thereof: โ 1. A Banker ia a man who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks and books for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is carried on, is usually called in London a Banking... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1856 - 386 pages
...ADVICE ABOUT KEEPING A BANKER. 1. A BANKER is a man who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks, and books, for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is earned on, is usually called in London a " Banking-house,"... | |
 | Banks and banking - 1857 - 202 pages
...LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. 1. A BANKER is a person who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks, and books, for receiving other people's money, in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is carried on is usually called in London a " Banking-house,"... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1859 - 654 pages
...a Banker and of Banking : โ A banker is a man who has an open shop with proper counters, clerks, and books, for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and. return it upon demand. A banker is a dealer in capital, or more properly a dealer in money. He is an intermediate party between... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1860 - 202 pages
...ADVICE ABOUT KEEPING A BANKER. 1. A BANKER is a man who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks, and books, for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is carried on, is usually called in London a " Banking-house,"... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1871 - 678 pages
...ADVICE ABOUT KEEPING A HANKED. 1. A BANKER is a man who has an open shop, with proper counters, clerks, and books, for receiving other people's money in order to keep it safe, and return it upon demand. 2. The building or shop in which this business is carried on, is usually called in London a " Banking-house,"... | |
 | William Frederick Spalding - Banks and banking - 1922 - 258 pages
...corporation called goldsmiths, and most of those called bankers are of that corporation ; but, so far as I know, there is not a company or corporation in England...been supposed that a man who sets up the trade of 1 Cf. The Mystery of the New Fashioned Goldsmiths ; or, Bankers Discovered (London, 1676). [Copyright]... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1922 - 468 pages
...corporation, called goldsmiths, and most of those called bankers are of that corporation ; but so far as I know, there is not a company or corporation in England...banker, without inquiring whether any man has given him any money to keep or no : for this is a trade where no apprenticeship is required, it having never... | |
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England called bankers, nor has the business any definition or description either by common law or by statute. By custom we call a man a banker who has an open shop, with proper counters, servants, and books, for receiving... 
