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A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
Examples of bankruptcies in a Sentence
A Harvard University study in 2005 also revealed that approximately 50 percent of bankruptcies filed were due in part to large medical expenses.
These include criminal records, bankruptcies, and judgment and tax lien databases.
It is known that when the number of unemployed workers increases, the number of personal bankruptcies also increases as shown by the following statistics.
Applicants with recent bankruptcies may be eligible for FHA mortgages.
Bankruptcies and judgments will drop off after seven to ten years.
Thousands of start up companies were dissolved or disintegrated, causing a downwards spiral of bankruptcies.
His perfect openness, the notoriety of his bankruptcies and of the seizure of his books and furniture in execution, kept him before the world as a model of dissipation.
The Vienna Creditors' Association for the protection of claims in bankruptcies had in 1909- It fresh failures with liabilities of 45, 40 and 43 millions of kronen respectively.
For commercial cases, not paying a bill in time, bankruptcies, &c., a kind of jurisdiction is exercised by the minister of commerce, or a board of merchants, but the decisions of the minister, or those of the board, are rarely final.
These societies had their origin in the associations formed in the middle of the 19th century for the purpose of disseminating information regarding bankruptcies, assignments and bills of sale.
The Insolvency Service This is the government department that deals with bankruptcies and company windings up.
Deposits were shifted from bank to bank, there were small runs on several of the savings banks guaranteed by the government, mortgagees required additional security from their debtors, bankruptcies develop along Imperial lines, are the advent of the p g p Labour party and the establishment of federation.
Find any collection accounts, bankruptcies or other public records to verify accuracy.
Liens, bankruptcies (up to 10 years) and delinquent child support payments can be included.
Judgments are purged six years from the date they were filed and bankruptcies are purged six years from the discharge date.
Some applications for gas cards delve a little further into the creditworthiness of an applicant by asking about previous bankruptcies and delinquencies as well as inquiring about income.
Charge offs and bankruptcies are also considered in your payment history.
Note any public records listed, including bankruptcies, liens or collections actions.
Some creditors specifically target people who have recently discharged bankruptcies because the creditors know that there is a certain period of time before these consumers will be eligible to file for bankruptcy again.