Debtor - Law Dictionary Search Results
Debtee
One to whom a debt is due creditor correlative to debtor
Empower
try and decide cases civil or criminal the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance and discharge the debtor
release
release re·leased re·leas·ing 1 a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility [the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts] b : to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the
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simulate
or carry out in a manner that does not express one's true intent [a simulated sale of the debtor's property in which no consideration was paid]
refer
refer re·ferred re·fer·ring : to send or direct for treatment, aid, service, information, or decision [referred the debtor to an attorney with expertise in bankruptcy] ;specif : commit
obligor
who is bound by an obligation to another [an obligation extinguished by performance of the ] compare creditor, debtor, obligee, promisor, surety
reasonably equivalent value
reasonably equivalent value : value that is a fair amount for property transferred by a debtor esp. in bankruptcy and that is not therefore evidence of a fraudulent conveyance see also fair consideration at
levari facias
writ of execution for the satisfaction of a judgment debt from the goods and lands of the judgment debtor used chiefly in Delaware compare fieri facias
marshal
obligations ;also : to fix the order of (as liens or remedies) with respect to priority against a debtor's assets see also marshaling
meeting of creditors
meeting of creditors :a hearing held pursuant to section 341 of the Bankruptcy Code at which a bankrupt debtor is required to submit to examination under oath by creditors who may also elect a trustee if one
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