insolvent
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 265 U.S. 365 - Liberty Nat Bank of Roanoke Va v. Bear · 1924Most cited · 144 citing opinions
§ 67f of Bankruptcy Act
It applies only to liens obtained in legal proceedings against a person who was 'insolvent' when the lien was acquired. If the debtor was then solvent the lien is not invalidated although it was obtained within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. To invalidate the lien the person challenging it must show that the debtor was insolvent when it was obtained.
How often courts cite the case defining “insolvent”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “insolvent” — 144 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.