Bankruptcy
121Bankruptcy in the People's Republic of China — The Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People s Republic of China (trial Implementation) was first passed in 1986. On 1 June 2007, the new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the PRC came into force. It contains 136 articles, almost 100 more than the 1986 …
122Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act - BAPCPA — Legislation enacted by President George W. Bush in 2005 that revised the bankruptcy code for cases filed on or after October 17, 2005. The act created a means test that determines whether individuals filing for bankruptcy can file for chapter 7… …
123Bankruptcy risk score — A bankruptcy risk score is a number that indicates the likelihood of an individual filing for bankruptcy. Although it has been used for over twenty years to assess risk in lending, few consumers know of it. It is related to the better known… …
124Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 — The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (USPL|95|598, USStat|92|2549, November 6, 1978) is a United States Act of Congress regulating Bankruptcy.The current Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 1978 by § 101 of the Act which generally became effective on… …
125Bankruptcy Act — Many statutes have been known as the Bankruptcy Act.* Bankruptcy Act of 1841 – ch. 9, USStat|5|440, 1841 04 19 * Bankruptcy Act of 1898 – Nelson Act, July 1, 1898, ch. 541, USStat|30|544) * Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 –… …
126Bankruptcy Tourism — Moving to a country with more lenient insolvency laws in order to clear one’s debts. Writing for The Times of London, Helen Nugent reported on an increase in the number of foreigners seeking to declare themselves bankrupt in England: Among the… …
127Bankruptcy problem — In mathematical sociology, and especially game theory, the bankruptcy problem is a distribution problem involving the allocation of a given amount of a perfectly divisible good among a group of agents. The focus is on the case where the amount is …
128Bankruptcy Trustee — A person appointed by the United States Trustee, an officer of the Department of Justice, to represent the debtor s estate in a bankruptcy proceeding. Although a bankruptcy judge has the ultimate authority on the distribution of assets, the… …
