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discharge in bankruptcy
noun[ U ]
FINANCE, LAW UKukus(alsobankruptcy discharge, discharge from bankruptcy, discharge of bankruptcy)
an order from a court that allows someone who is legally bankrupt to stop owing money for particular debts:
Although a bankrupt’s name may be removed from the register within a year after discharge from bankruptcy, credit reference agencies may keep records for six to ten years.
Examples of discharge in bankruptcy
discharge in bankruptcy
Some moral theologians maintain that a legal dischargeinbankruptcy liberates the bankrupt from the moral obligation of satisfying his unpaid debts.
From Project Gutenberg
They were also of opinion that certain offences such as at present are only punishable by refusing or delaying the grant of dischargeinbankruptcy should be made criminal.
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