Privileged debts
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Preferred claims against the estate of a bankrupt or a decedent.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Those which an executor or administrator, assignee in bankruptcy, etc., may pay in preference to others, such as funeral expenses, servants’ wages,