Business Acquisition Covenants Number Of Acquiree Shares Per Common Share Of Company

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Number of directors.

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The aggregate number of shares that may be issued or transferred to any participant in a calendar year.

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The cumulative number of shares granted.

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Share based compensation by share based payment award, fair value of annual grant of restricted stock granted to nonemployee directors.

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The number of shares authorized to be granted.

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Share based compensation by share based payment award, term of plan in years.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested options awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)				12 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)	May. 27, 2015 director shares	Jul. 29, 2014 USD ($) shares	Jun. 26, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options outstanding				495,832	743,015	608,905
Stock-based compensation expense applicable to the Plans \| $				$ 63,932	$ 415,560
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense \| $				$ 118,272
Period for recognition of stock-option compensation expense				3 years 6 months 15 days
Shares of common stock granted to certain directors and officers				15,296	16,256
2015 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares authorized				100,000
Grants of shares authorized				0
2015 Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares that may be issued to any participant in a calendar year				20,000
2015 Plan [Member] \| Incentive Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares authorized				100,000
2015 Plan [Member] \| Performance-based Compensation [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares that may be issued to any participant in a calendar year				20,000
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Option Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares authorized				577,642
Ratio of common stock shares to be received per share of acquiree				2.2217
Term of plan, in years				10 years
Purchase price of common stock as percentage of fair market value				100.00%
Stock options outstanding				259,940
2007 Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of shares authorized				500,000
Stock options outstanding				235,892
Revised Director Compensation Policy [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense applicable to the Plans \| $				$ 79,989	$ 84,153
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense \| $				$ 33,333
Fair market value of annual grant of restricted stock \| $			$ 10,000
Vesting period			1 year
Cumulative number of shares granted				48,997
Shares of common stock granted to certain directors and officers	15,296
Number of directors \| director	8
Other Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense applicable to the Plans \| $		$ 1,007,000
Shares of common stock granted to certain directors and officers		212,000		0