5 Terms
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involuntary bankruptcy
Legal services; Courts
A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
business bankruptcy
Legal services; Courts
A proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code filed by a business entity.
consumer bankruptcy
Legal services; Courts
A proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code filed by an individual (or husband and wife) who is not in business.
ancillary
Legal services; Courts
A proceeding which is auxiliary or subordinate to another proceeding. In probate, a proceeding in a state where a decedent owned property but was not domiciled.
injunction
Legal services; Courts
A prohibitive order or remedy issued by the court at the suit of the complaining party, which forbids the defendant to do some act which he is threatening or attempting to do. Conversely, it may ...
promissory estoppel
Legal services; Courts
A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action.
