单词 | prepetition |
释义 | prepetitionn.adj.adv. A. n. ΚΠ 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 50 Your said oratours vppon prepeticion made vnto Sir Thomas Denys knighte [etc.], concernyng the same [etc.]. 2. Law (chiefly U.S.). An informal request addressed to a court prior to or in place of a formal petition. rare. ΚΠ 1999 Law & Soc. Rev. 33 350 Such pre-petitions are brought to the head of the department and transferred by her to a staff member to be handled like any other case under her responsibility. 2004 Internat. Jrnl. Constit. Law (Nexis) Oct. A semi-formal procedure enables potential petitioners to submit their arguments to the authorities in the form of a ‘pre-petition’. B. adj. (attributive). Law (chiefly U.S.). Occurring or existing prior to the filing of a petition, esp. a bankruptcy petition. ΚΠ 1938 Law & Contemp. Probl. 5 218 (note) A presumption in favor of the use of a pre-petition payroll seems to be growing stronger. 1964 Harvard Law Rev. 77 550 Under the preceding analysis, it would seem that at least prepetition interest on the tax claims is provable and therefore discharged. 2005 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 5 Nov. 2 f The company argues that the payments are unsecured, pre-petition claims against the airline. C. adv. Law (chiefly U.S.). Prior to the filing of a petition, esp. a bankruptcy petition. ΚΠ 1980 Business Lawyer 35 1652 ‘Cash collateral’ includes the right of setoff against a bank account, which, if not effected prepetition, is now stayed under section 362. 1996 A. Lynd & S. Lynd in G. Bellow & M. Minow Law Stories (1998) 78 The obligation to pay arose prepetition, but there was no way to know prepetition whether or when the hospitalization would occur or what its cost would be. 2005 Insurance Law & Litigation Week (Nexis) 7 Nov. 35 The firm had acted as counsel for the debtor pre-petition in negotiating settlement arrangements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.1518 |
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