insolvency statutes

insolvency statutes
State statutes, comparable to the National Bankruptcy Act, which provide a proceeding by or against a debtor to have him declared insolvent and his property brought into court for disposition among his creditors in accordance with law. Vanuxem v Hazelhursts, 4 NJL 192.

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