preference
1 : the right to prior payment of a debt [with over the creditors of the heirs or legatees "
Louisiana Civil Code"]
2 : the transfer of an insolvent debtor's interest in property to a creditor for an earlier debt that gives the creditor more than the creditor would otherwise receive (as under a bankruptcy settlement) called also
voidable preference compare
antecedent debt at
debt,
fraudulent conveyance general assignment at
assignment NOTE: Preferences can be voided by a bankruptcy trustee because they diminish the bankruptcy estate out of which other creditors will be paid. Preferences must be made during a period (as 90 days before the date of filing a bankruptcy petition) established by bankruptcy law in order to be voidable. Perfection or grant of a security interest during this period is also a preference. The bankruptcy law states exceptions under which payments to creditors are not voidable preferences. 3 : priority