federal bankruptcy

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalandbankruptcy

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federal
adjective
uk
/ˈfed.ər.əl/us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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bankruptcy
noun
uk
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/us
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/
a situation in which a business or a person ...
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(Definition offederalandbankruptcyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Merchants and manufacturers desired afederalbankruptcylaw because three features of state collection laws made collecting on bad debts difficult.
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If granted, bankruptcy would mean pending and future lawsuits would be settled infederalbankruptcycourt.
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However, enrollment dropped to 925 students and the school went intofederalbankruptcyand closed in 1973.
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This is an important issue that will be decided, appropriately, by afederalbankruptcyjudge.
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Torricelli helped rewritefederalbankruptcyrules, assuring federal financing for hospitals.
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However,federalbankruptcyreform effective in 2005 has changed the perspective on such services.
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Assets were sold by afederalbankruptcyjudge at auction that fall.
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Previous attempts atfederalbankruptcylaws had lasted at most a few years.
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In 2003 afederalbankruptcyjudge had ordered demolition of the property to allow for its resale.
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To date, the inter-jurisdictional efficacy of portfolio segregation has not been widely tested and the lack of precedent infederalbankruptcycourt in particular is a significant source of uncertainty.
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One 2007 study found this was because businesses were turning to bankruptcy-like proceedings under state law, rather than thefederalbankruptcyproceedings, including those under chapter 11.
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