cessio bonorum
noun
cessio bo·no·rum
-bəˈnōrəm
Roman & civil law
: a voluntary assignment of a debtor's property to creditors by which the debtor escapes the more painful penalties of insolvency (such as liability to arrest and imprisonment) but is not generally discharged from liability for the debts : voluntary bankruptcy
Word History
Etymology
Latin, literally, cession of goods
- out of season
- out of sequence
- out of service
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of someone's reach
- out of someone's way
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out of step
- out of stock
- out of style
- out of sync
- out of the blue
- out of the chute
- out of the corner of one's eye
- out of the frame
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the goodness of one's heart
- out of the kindness of one's heart
- out of the loop
- out of the ordinary
- out of the park
- out of the picture