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61Foreclosure — For Lacan s psychoanalytic process, see Foreclosure (psychoanalysis). House in Salinas, California under foreclosure, following the popping of the U.S. real estate bubble. Foreclosure is the legal process by which a mortgage lender (mortgagee),… …
62Debt Relief Order — Chapter 4 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 introduced Debt Relief Orders as a new form of bankruptcy in the United Kingdom. A DRO will be a simplified, quicker and cheaper alternative to bankruptcy in the United Kingdom, suitable… …
63Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
64United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
65Civil 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 …
66insolvency — in·sol·ven·cy /in säl vən sē/ n pl cies 1: the fact or state of being insolvent compare bankruptcy 2: insufficiency (as of an estate) to discharge all enforceable debts ◇ Insolvency matters are covered under the Bankruptcy Code. Merriam …
67preference — a payment by a debtor made during a specified period (90 days or one year) prior to the filing that favors one creditor over others. Preference payments can usually be recovered and returned to the debtor s estate (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy… …
68preferential transfer — A transfer of property made by an insolvent debtor to one creditor to the exclusion of others. 29 Am J Rev ed Insolv § 82. An act of bankruptcy; a transfer of any of the property of a creditor for or on account of an antecedent debt, made or… …
69Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts — Supreme Court of the United States Argued November 6, 2006 …
70advertised — Where a winding up petition has been issued by the court, the petition must be advertised in the Gazette. Once advertised the petition may not be withdrawn by the petitioning creditor, and the effect often prejudices the company s credit. The… …
