- failing circumstances
- The circumstances of an individual or a business wherein the debts become increasingly difficult of payment; the approach of insolvency. Utley v Smith, 24 Conn 290.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
failing circumstances
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