bankruptcy court

  • 101Referee in Bankruptcy — A Referee in Bankruptcy or Bankruptcy Referee is a federal official with quasi judicial powers, appointed by a United States district court to administer bankruptcy proceedings. The office was first created by the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, and was… …

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  • 102Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy —     Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy     (See also MORAL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY.)     Bankruptcy (La banqueroute; earlier English terms, bankruptship, bankrupture) in civil jurisprudence as well as …

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  • 103Supreme Court of Cocos (Keeling) Island — The Supreme Court of Cocos (Keeling) Island is one of the highest courts for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory of Australia. The court was originally established in 1958 after the British Government transferred sovereignty for the island… …

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  • 104United States court of appeals — The United States courts of appeals (or circuit courts) are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system. A court of appeals decides appeals from the district courts within its federal judicial circuit, and in some… …

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  • 105Docket (court) — A docket (abbreviated as dkt.) is the official summary of proceedings in a court of law.[1] The term originally referred to the large folio books in which clerks recorded all filings and court proceedings for each case.[2] Rules of civil… …

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  • 106Federal Magistrates Court — The Federal Magistrates Court (also known as the Federal Magistrates Service or the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth) [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol act/fma1999186/s8.html s 8] .] ) is an… …

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  • 107Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Deschamps — This is a list of all the opinions written by Marie Deschamps during her tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Contents 1 2003 2 2004 3 2005 4 2006 …

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  • 108Adversary proceeding in bankruptcy (USA) — An Adversary proceeding in bankruptcy, is a lawsuit in the American legal system filed by a party called a plaintiff against a party called a defendant . ProcedureAdversary proceedings are governed by certain court rules found in Part VII of the… …

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  • 109Voluntary Bankruptcy — A type of bankruptcy where an insolvent debtor brings the petition to a court to declare bankruptcy because he or she (in the case of an individual) or it (in the case of a business entity) is unable to pay off debts. The bankruptcy is intended… …

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  • 110referee in bankruptcy — A judicial officer invested by the Bankruptcy Act, subject always to review by the judge, with most extensive jurisdiction in bankruptcy matters, judicial as well as administrative duties being delegated to him for the purpose of conserving the… …

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