general creditor

general creditor
A creditor whose claim is unsecured by mortgage, judgment lien, or other lien, and is not entitled to priority. Stepp v McAdams (CA9 Cal) 97 F2d 874; Dempsey v Pforzheimer, 86 Mich 652, 49 NW 465; Wolcott v Ashenfelter, 5 NM 442, 23 P 780.

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