bankruptcy petition definition

bankruptcy petition

Application by a debtor (or his or her creditors) to a court to declare the debtor bankrupt. On courts approval, the debtor's assets are sold off (liquidated) and the proceeds are equitably distributed among the creditors.

bankruptcy petition is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance and Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subjects.

bankruptcy petition appears in the definition of the following term: automatic stay

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