insolvent 音标拼音: [ɪns'ɑlvənt]
a . 无力偿还的,破产的
n . 无力还偿者,破产者
无力偿还的,破产的无力还偿者,破产者
insolvent adj 1 :
unable to meet or discharge financial obligations ; "
an insolvent person "; "
an insolvent estate " [
ant : {
solvent }]
n 1 :
someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts [
synonym : {
bankrupt }, {
insolvent }]
Insolvent \
In *
sol "
vent \,
a . [
Pref .
in -
not solvent :
cf .
OF .
insolvent .] (
Law )
(
a )
Not solvent ;
not having sufficient estate to pay one '
s debts ;
unable to pay one '
s debts as they fall due ,
in the ordinary course of trade and business ;
as ,
in insolvent debtor .
(
b )
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner ;
as ,
an insolvent estate .
(
c )
Relating to persons unable to pay their debts .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Insolvent law },
or {
Act of insolvency },
a law affording relief , --
subject to various modifications in different States , --
to insolvent debtors ,
upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors ;
bankruptcy law .
See {
Bankrupt law },
under {
Bankrupt },
a .
[
1913 Webster ]
Insolvent \
In *
sol "
vent \,
n . (
Law )
One who is insolvent ;
as insolvent debtor ; --
in England ,
before 1861 ,
especially applied to persons not traders .
--
Bouvier .
[
1913 Webster ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "
insolvent ":
bankrupt ,
broke ,
broken ,
busted ,
destitute ,
down -
and -
out ,
failed ,
failure ,
fortuneless ,
homeless ,
impoverished ,
in Queer Street ,
in receivership ,
in the gutter ,
in the red ,
indebted ,
insolvent debtor ,
lame duck ,
landless ,
moneyless ,
on the rocks ,
out of funds ,
penniless ,
propertyless ,
ruined ,
unsound ,
wiped out ,
without a sou INSOLVENT .
This word has several meanings .
It signifies a person whose estate is not sufficient to pay his debts .
Civ .
Code of Louisiana ,
art .
1980 ..
A person is also said to be insolvent ,
who is under a present inability to answer ,
in the ordinary course of business ,
the responsibility which his creditors may enforce ,
by recourse to legal measures ,
without reference to his estate proving sufficient to pay all his debts ,
when ultimately wound up .
3 Dowl . &
Ryl .
Rep .
218 ;
1 Maule &
Selw .
338 ;
1 Campb .
it .
492 ,
n .;
Sugd .
Vend .
487 ,
488 .
It signifies the situation of a person who has done some notorious act to divest himself of all his property ,
as a general assignment ,
or an application for relief ,
under bankrupt or insolvent laws .
1 Peters '
R .
195 ;
2 Wheat .
R .
396 ;
7 Toull .
n .
45 ;
Domat ,
liv .
4 ,
t .
5 ,
n .
1 et 2 ;
2 Bell '
s Com .
162 ,
5th ed .
2 .
When an insolvent delivers or offers to deliver up all his property for the benefit of his creditors ,
he is entitled to be discharged under the laws of the ,
several states from all liability to be arrested .
Vide 2 Kent ,
Com .
321 Ingrah .
on Insolv .
9 ;
9 Mass .
R .
431 ;
16 Mass .
R .
53 .
3 .
The reader will find the provisions made by the national legislature on this subject ,
by a reference to the following acts of congress ,
namely :
Act of March 3 ,
1797 ,
1 Story ,
L .
U .
S .
465 ;
Act of March 2 ,
1799 ;
1 Story ,
L .
S .
630 ;
Act of March 2 ,
1831 ,
4 Sharsw .
Cont .
of Story ,
L .
U .
S .
2236 ;
Act of June 7 ,
1834 ,
4 Sharsw .
Cont .
of Story ,
L .
U .
S .
2358 ;
Act of March 2 ,
1837 ,
4 Sharsw .
Cont .
of Story ,
L .
U .
S .
2536 .
See Bankrupt .
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