opposition
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 40 U.S. 167 - Barnett Eliza Levy v. Edmund David Fitzpatrick · 1841Most cited · 24 citing opinions
upon that notice, the debtors had a right to come into court and file their petition, which is technically called an opposition, and set up, as matter of defence, everything that could be assigned for error here, and pray for an injunction to stay the executory process, till the matter of the petition could be heard and determined.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In bankruptcy practice. The act of a creditor who declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the bankrupt laws.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In bankruptcy practice. Opposition is the refusal of a creditor to assent to the debtor's discharge under the bankrupt law.
In French law. A motion to open a judgment by default and let the defendant in to a defense.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In bankruptey practice. Opposition is the refusal of a creditor to assent to the debtor’s discharge under the bankrupt law.
In French law. A motion to open a judgment by default and let the defendant in to a defense.