…persons in which one, the debtor, can be compelled to furnish services, money, or goods to the other, the creditor. This relationship may be created by the failure of the debtor to pay damages to the injured party or to pay a fine to the community; however, the relationship usually…

…imposition of penalties upon fraudulent debtors, the designation bankrupt came to be associated with dishonesty, casting a stigma on persons who were declared bankrupts. Eventually, however, bankruptcy legislation was extended to provide procedures for the adjustment of debts so as to avoid liquidation and for the rehabilitation of insolvent debtors.…

When debtors file for bankruptcy, they are required to list all their assets so that creditors will have the opportunity to claim a share of the earnings from the sale of those assets. Debtors who commit concealment of assets fraud will intentionally neglect to list all…

…a state in which the debtor does hold assets. Within the United States, recognition and enforcement of sister-state judgments are mandated by the full faith and credit clause of the federal Constitution and are facilitated procedurally in many states by uniform state laws. For EU member-states the Brussels Convention on…

Both systems recognize arrangements between debtor and creditor in which the ownership of the thing is nominally transferred to the creditor, but the creditor’s ability to deal with the thing is limited in such a way that the ownership will revert to the debtor so long as the debtor discharges…