reorganization in bankruptcy

  • 11bankruptcy proceedings — The way a bankruptcy case wends its way through the court system, from the time the bankruptcy petition is filed until the debtor receives a bankruptcy discharge. Category: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → Bankruptcy Nolo’s Plain English Law… …

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  • 12bankruptcy, Chapter 11 — n. Business reorganization in which a court supervises an insolvent business while it continues to operate and comes up with a plan for reorganization. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …

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  • 13Bankruptcy in the United States — The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) authorizes Congress to enact uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States. Congress has exercised this authority several times since 1801, most recently… …

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  • 14bankruptcy — /bangk rupt see, reuhp see/, n., pl. bankruptcies. 1. the state of being or becoming bankrupt. 2. utter ruin, failure, depletion, or the like. [1690 1700; BANKRUPT + CY] * * * Status of a debtor who has been declared by judicial process to be… …

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  • 15bankruptcy proceedings — General term for the various types of proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.A.) that are initiated either by an insolvent individual or business (termed a voluntary bankruptcy) or by creditors (termed an involuntary bankruptcy) seeking… …

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  • 16bankruptcy proceedings — General term for the various types of proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.A.) that are initiated either by an insolvent individual or business (termed a voluntary bankruptcy) or by creditors (termed an involuntary bankruptcy) seeking… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17reorganization — Act or process of organizing again or anew. People ex rel. Barrett v. Halsted Street State Bank, 295 IlLApp. 193, 14 N.E.2d 872, 876. General term describing corporate amalgamations or readjustments occurring, for example, when one corporation… …

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  • 18Reorganization — Creating a plan to restructure a debtor s business and restore its financial health. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * reorganization re‧or‧gan‧i‧za‧tion [riːˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʆn ǁ ˌɔːrgənə ] also reorganisation noun [countable, uncountable] …

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  • 19reorganization — Creation of a plan to restructure a debtor s business and restore its financial health. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See also: reorg; corporate action * * * reorganization re‧or‧gan‧i‧za‧tion [riːˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʆn ǁ ˌɔːrgənə ] also reorganisation …

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  • 20prepackaged bankruptcy — a situation where a company and its creditors agree to a plan of reorganization before the company files a bankruptcy petition. In a true prepackaged bankruptcy, a plan of reorganization is circulated and approved by creditors before the petition …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy