Preference
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
Favorable consideration over others.
See 186 Pa. 443, 65 Am. St. Rep. 865, 40 Atl. 1000.
An insolvent’s paying or securing one or more of his creditors to the exclusion of the rest.
See 80 Me. 580, 16 Atl. 248.