BRIDGE BANK

bridge bank.A national bank chartered to operate an insolvent bank for up to three years or until the bank is sold. [Cases: Banks and Banking  285–287, 505. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 576–578, 580–584, 586, 597–598, 673, 676–679, 682–687, 690–694, 696, 699–705, 708–717.][Blacks Law 8th]