Creditors' Bill

A bill in equity, filed by one or more creditors, by and in behalf of him or themselves, and all other creditors who shall come in under the decree, for an account of the assets and a due settlement of the estate of a decedent. The usual decree against the executor or administrator is quod computet; that is to say, it directs the master to take the accounts between the deceased and all his creditors, and to cause the creditors, upon due public notice, to come before him to prove their debts at a certain place, and within a limited time; and it also directs of the executor or administrator, and the same to be applied in payment of the debts and other charges in a due course of administration.

1 Story, Eq. Jur, 442.

CREDITORUM APPELLATIONE NON hi tantum accipiuntur qui pecunlam crediderunt, sed omnes quibus ex qualibet causa debetur. Under the head of creditors are included not alone those who have lent money, but all to whom, from any cause, a debt is owing.

Dig. 50. 16. 11.