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Liquidated demand

Liquidated demand, where an action is brought for the recovery of a liquidated sum the writ of summons may be specially endorsed; see the title LEAVE TO DEFEND....

liquidated 1 : settled or determined by liquidating see also liquidated damages at damage 2 : capable of being readily fixed, calculated, or ascertained as a sum esp. without dispute or reliance on opinion or discretion ...

liquidated claim

liquidated claim A creditor's claim for a fixed amount of money. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...

liquidated damages

liquidated damages see damage ...

Liquidated damages

Liquidated damages, the amount agreed upon by a party to a contract to be paid as compensation for the breach of it, and intended to be recovered, whether the actual damages sustained by the breach be more or less, in contradistinction to a penalty; which is only the maximum amount agreed to be paid, and is intended to be reducible in proportion to the actual damage sustained. See Kemble v. Farren, (1829) 6 Bing 141; Lord Elphinstone v. Monkland Iron Co., (1886) 11 App Cas 332; Diestel v. Stevenson, (1906) 2 KB 345. See DAMAGES; PENALTY....

Liquidator

Liquidator. A person appointed to conduct the winding-up of a company under the (English) Companies Act, 1929. Liquidators are of three kinds:--(1) Appointed by the court in a winding-up by the Court. pending appointment the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy is to act as Official Receiver and Liquidator in the winding-up (s. 185). By s. 186, in England, liquidators other than the Official Receiver must provide security to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade. His duties comprise the collection of the company's property, and this property or any part of it may vest in him on his application. He may bring or defend actions relating to that property in his own official name (s. 190). Powers which he may exercise subject to the sanction of the court or a Committee of Inspection are setout in s. 191(1); sub-s. (2) of that section gives a list of powers for which such sanction is not required. The duties of a liquidator are to collect, administer, and distribute the assets, having regard to ...

Liquidation

Liquidation. As to liquidation by arrangement with creditors, see the repealed Bankruptcy Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 71), s. 125; but the procedure was not re-established by the Bankruptcy Act, 1883. The liquidation of joint stock companies is provided for by Part IV. of the Companies Act,1929. See next title and WINDING-UP....

liquidator

liquidator : one that liquidates ;esp : an individual appointed by law to liquidate assets compare receiver ...

Official liquidators

Official liquidators, officers appointed to conduct the proceedings and to assist the court in winding up a joint-stock company, (English) Companies Act, 1862, s. 92. See now (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 185, replacing the (English) Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, ss. 149 et seq., where they are styled 'liquidators....

liquidity

liquidity : the quality or state of being liquid ...

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