preference

preference
The right of one person over other persons, to be appointed administrator, for example, the right of a surviving spouse. 31 Am J2d Ex & Ad §§ 50 et seq. A right given to a stockholder of a corporation to subscribe at a stated price for shares of a new issue in proportion to the shares already held by him. Miles v Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 259 US 247, 66 L Ed 923, 42 S Ct 483. A provision in a succession or inheritance tax statute which for the purposes of exemptions and rates divides recipients into classifications based upon relationship to decedent. 28 Am J Rev ed Inher T § 302. A term often confused with "priority," but distinguishable by considering a priority as legal and a preference as something which the law may make voidable. The act of a debtor in preferring one or more of his creditors to others by paying him or them without favoring the others with payment. 37 Am J2d Frd Conv § 89. See fraudulent preference; preferential transfer; tariff preference; voidable preference.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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