Bankruptcy
21bankruptcy judge — a judicial officer of the United States district court with decision making power over federal bankruptcy cases (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) A judicial officer of the United States district court who is the court official with decision… …
22bankruptcy mill — a business not authorized to practice law that provides bankruptcy counseling and prepares bankruptcy petitions (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …
23Bankruptcy Rule 2004 — a provision of the Bankruptcy Code that allows one party in a bankruptcy proceeding to compel discovery or other examination against another party (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …
24bankruptcy assistance — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (4A) The term bankruptcy assistance means any goods or services sold or otherwise provided to an assisted person with the express or implied purpose of providing information, advice, counsel, document… …
25bankruptcy — bank·rupt·cy / baŋ ˌkrəp sē/ n pl cies 1: the quality or state of a bankrupt filed for bankruptcy 2: the administration of an insolvent debtor s property by the court for the benefit of the debtor s creditors the debt was discharged in bankruptcy …
26Bankruptcy — Bank rupt*cy, n.; pl. {Bankruptcies}. 1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt. [1913 Webster] 3. Complete loss; followed by of. [1913 Webster] …
27bankruptcy — 1700, from BANKRUPT (Cf. bankrupt), probably on the analogy of insolvency, but with t erroneously retained in spelling, instead of being merged in the suffix .... [OED]. Figurative use from 1761 …
28bankruptcy — [n] inability to pay debts Chapter 11*, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin …
29bankruptcy — [baŋkrupt΄sē, baŋkrəp sē] n. pl. bankruptcies 1. the state or an instance of being bankrupt 2. complete failure; ruin …
30Bankruptcy — Notice of closure attached to the door of a computer store the day after its parent company declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration see text) in the United Kingdom. Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an… …
