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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

To leave unperformed; to omit; to neglect, as distinguished from refuse, which latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be an act of inevltaable necessity.

Taylor v. Mason, 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 344, 6 L. Ed. 101.

FAILLITE (Fr.). In French Law. Bankruptcy; failure. The condition of a merchant who ceases to pay his debts.

8 Massft, Droit Comm. 171; Guyot, Rupert.