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priority claim

describes the reason the debtor owes the creditor money. (There is an official form for this purpose.) Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

pro tempore

or appointed to occupy a position either temporarily or in the absence of a regularly elected official [an administrator pro tempore]

property of the estate

All legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the case. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

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protestant

protestant : a person challenging an action of an administrative agency

quasi

quasi [Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if] : having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category [a quasi corporation] adv : in some significant...

quasi

quasi [Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if] : having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category [a quasi corporation] adv : in some significant...

reaffirmation agreement

usually for the purpose of keeping collateral (i.e. the car) that would otherwise be subject to repossession. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

referee

referee : an officer appointed by a court or quasi-judicial body (as a workers' compensation board) to investigate a case, report findings, and often to make orders subject to review [the board may affirm, reverse, modify...

regulatory offense

is not part of a criminal code and that carries the punishment of a fine or imprisonment : administrative crime called also regulatory crime

remand

(a case or matter) from one court to another esp. lower court or from a court to an administrative agency [the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause ed to the superior court for

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