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Pre-Existing

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Pre-existing debt inv. Hotel Co., 106 111. 439; but not its own dicludes all debts previously contracted whethrectors; Sicardi v. Oil Co., 149 Pa. 148, 24 er they have become payable or not. In re Atl. 163; Smith v. Putnam, 61 N. H. 632; Fletcher, 130 Mass. 340. Howe, B. & Co. v. Tool Co., 44 Fed. 231;

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Referring to a debt, will include every debt previously contracted, whether payable or not. This, at leasts is the meaning in the insolvent law of Massachusetts.* Compare Previous; Prior.