# Bank money (court fees; attachment fee; butcher’s block lending fee)

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## Definition

Demand deposits held at banks and other account offices for the purpose of payment transactions, also known as scriptural money and book money. - Earlier term for a court fee; bank = here: Bench = court. - Payment usually payable in advance by the creditor who applied for arrest against a debtor, also called arrest money and, in old documents, carceraticum. - Formerly fee payable for the use of a communal or guild-owned meat bank (Fleischklotz; chopping block) by domestic butchers. - Fee for the use of a personal pew (church pew) or also a place on one. - See Expensen, Fanggeld, Gerichtsgeld, Inrotulationsgeld, Justitiengeld, Kammergerichtsgeld, Keichengeld, Platzgeld, Schöffengeld, Sitzgeld. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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