Insolvent law
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A statute which relieved a debtor’s person from imprisonment for debt. See 4 N. J. L. 192, 7 Am. Dec. 582.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A term applied to a law, usually of one of the states, regulating the settlement of insolvent estates, and according a certain measure of relief to insolvent debtors. Co.ok v. Rogers, 31 Mich. 396; Adams v. Storey, 1 Fed. Cas. 141; Vanuxem v. Hazelhursts, 4 N. J. Law, 195, 7 Am. Dec. 582.
Defined under Insolvent in Black's Law Dictionary.