Petitioning Creditor
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The creditor at whose instance an adjudication of bankruptcy is made against a bankrupt. ticularly in an action in rem; a demandant. Calv. Lex. Actor est qui agit in personam, petitor, qui agit in rem, an actor is one who prosecutes against a person, a demandant one who prosecutes against a thing. Cujac. Observ. lib. 7, c. 26.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One who institutes proceedings in bankruptcy against his debtor.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The creditor at whose instance an adjudication of bankruptcy is made against a bankrupt.