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Fraudulent Preferences

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Preferences." ^RAUNC, FRAUNCHE, or FRAUNKE. See "Frank."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Preferences in the payment of debts by an insolvent debtor, which were forbidden by the English bankruptcy acts.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. Every conveyance or transfer of property or charge thereon made, every judgment made, every obligation incurred, and every judicial proceeding taken or suffered by any person unable to pay his debts as they become due from his own moneys, in favor of any creditor, with a view of giving such creditor a preference over other creditors, shall be deemed fraudulent and void if the debtor become bankrupt within three months. 32 & 33 Viet. c. 71, § 92.

Defined under Fraudulent in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Inglish law. Every conveyance or transfer of property or charge thereon made, every judgment made, every obligation incurred, and every judicial proceeding taken or suffered by any person unable to pay his debts as they become due from his own moneys, in favor of any creditor, with a view of giving such creditor a preference u Ver other creditors, shall be deemed frandulent and void if the debtor become bankrupt within three months, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 71, § 92.