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  • 21bankruptcy protection — ➔ protection * * * bankruptcy protection UK US noun [U] (also bankruptcy law protection) ► LAW, FINANCE laws that limit the amount of money a bankrupt company (= one that owes more money than it can pay) must pay to those it owes money to: »The… …

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  • 22Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 — (BAPCPA) USA Extensive amendments to the Bankruptcy Code signed into law on April 20, 2005, which generally became effective on October 17, 2005. These amendments have in general disadvantaged debtors and shifted leverage on various important… …

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  • 23Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act — The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (USStatute|109|8|119|23|2005|04|20), providing for significant changes in bankruptcy in the United States, was passed by the 109th United States Congress on April 14, 2005 and… …

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  • 24bankruptcy — /bangk rupt see, reuhp see/, n., pl. bankruptcies. 1. the state of being or becoming bankrupt. 2. utter ruin, failure, depletion, or the like. [1690 1700; BANKRUPT + CY] * * * Status of a debtor who has been declared by judicial process to be… …

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  • 25Bankruptcy — Notice of closure attached to the door of a computer store the day after its parent company declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration see text) in the United Kingdom. Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an… …

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  • 26bankruptcy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ consumer, personal ▪ corporate ▪ intellectual, moral VERB + BANKRUPTCY ▪ face …

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  • 27business bankruptcy — a bankruptcy case in which the debtor is a business or an individual with business related debt. Data from the U.S. Administrative Office of the Courts subdivides bankruptcies into business and non business (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) A …

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  • 28involuntary bankruptcy — a bankruptcy initiated by at least three creditors holding unsecured claims aggregating at least $5,000 against the debtor. Data from the U.S. Administrative Office of the Courts subdivides bankruptcies into voluntary and involuntary (Glossary of …

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  • 29pre-bankruptcy planning — The transmutation of a debtor s property in an effort to maximize the benefits afforded by the exemption statutes. Prebankruptcy planning typically includes converting nonexempt assets into exempt assets (SA Bankruptcy.com) The arrangement (or… …

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  • 30Bankruptcy in the People's Republic of China — The Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People s Republic of China (trial Implementation) was first passed in 1986. On 1 June 2007, the new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the PRC came into force. It contains 136 articles, almost 100 more than the 1986 …

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