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Liquidated

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ascertained; agreed upon. See 178 U. S. 353, 44 L. Ed. 1099, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 924.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Ascertained; determined ; fixed; settled; made clear or manifest. Cleared away; paid; discharged.

Liquidated account. An account whereof the amount is certain and fixed, either by the act and agreement of the parties or by operation of law; a sum which cannot be changed by the proof; it is so much or nothing; but the termdoes not necessarily refer to a writing. Nisbet v. Lawson, 1 Ga. 287.

Liquidated damages. See Damages.

Liquidated debt. A debt is liquidated when it is certain what is due and how much is due. Roberts v. Prior, 20 Ga. 562.

Liquidated demand. A demand la a liquidated one if the amount of it has been ascertained—settled—by the agreement of the parties to it, or otherwise. Mitchell v. Addison. 20 Ga. 53.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Cleared away; settled; y. Damages. Liquidation: the winding up of an insolvent firm or company.