- adjudication in bankruptcy
- The determination, whether by decree or by operation of law, that a person is a bankrupt. Bankruptcy Act § 1(2) (11 USC 1(2)); 9 Am J2d Bankr § 264.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
adjudication in bankruptcy
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