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Servi
Servi, bondmen, or servile tenants.They were of four sorts: (1) Such as sold themselves for a livelihood. (2) Debtors sold because they were unable to pay their debts. (3) Captives in war, retained and employed as perfect
Letter of licence
the meantime he should be free from arrest for debt; but arrest for debt was abolished by the Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), subject to the provisions of that Act.
Ne exeat regno
debt; since the Judicature Acts not to be issued except in cases coming within s. 6 of the Debtors Act, 1869; see Drover v. Beyer, (1879) 13 Ch D 242.
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Nexi
were delivered bound to their creditors, and obliged to serve them until they could pay their debts. Means debtors given in bondage to creditors until their debts have been paid, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1065.
Queen's prison
Queen's prison, means a prison established in 1842 in Southwark, to be used for debtors and criminals confined under authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the highest court of admiralty, and the
Execution
Hulbert v. Cathcart, 1896 AC 470; and it is to be borne in mind that by the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), imprisonment for debt has been abolished, except as specified in
Executor
publish an advertisement in The London Gazette, a London daily newspaper and, if necessary, a local newspaper, for debtors to pay their debts, and for claimants to send in the particulars of their claims to a named
substantive consolidation
substantive consolidation Putting the assets and liabilities of two or more related debtors into a single pool to pay creditors. (Courts are reluctant to allow substantive consolidation since the action must
Deed of arrangement
Deed of arrangement. See ARRANGEMENTS BET-WEEN DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
Debitorum pactionibus creditorum petitio nec tolli nec minui potest
minui potest [Lat.], The rights of creditors can neither be taken away nor diminished by agreements among the debtors.
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