Bankruptcy law provides for the reduction or elimination of certain debts, and can provide a timeline for the repayment of nondischargeable debts over time. It also permits individuals and organizations to repay secured debt....
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bankruptcy fraud
Bankruptcy fraud is a white-collar crime that commonly takes four general forms:
A debtor conceals assets to avoid having to forfeit them. An individual intentionally files false or incomplete forms. Including false information on a...bankruptcy power
The United States Constitution authorizes Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 with the power to “establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." The bankruptcy laws that Congress makes have to be...
bar association
A bar association is a professional organization for lawyers. For example, in the United States, one such organization is the American Bar Association. It is an organization composed of licensed attorneys who share common interests.
...bar examination
Bar examination is a written examination that a person must pass in order to obtain a license to practice law as an attorney. Although every state administers its own version of the bar examination, most exams consist of the Multistate Bar...
bargain
The term “bargain” appears in two specific legal contexts:
The first is contract law, where a bargain is defined as a voluntary agreement between two parties in exchange for consideration. Consideration, here, can be money,...barrister
A barrister is a type of lawyer in the United Kingdom and certain other common law countries. Lawyers who practice in the United Kingdom are divided into two types: “solicitors,” who provide general legal advice on various areas of law and “...
basis of the bargain test
Under section 2-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code, when determining whether an express warranty exists or is valid in a sale of goods between two parties, the court asks if any promise or affirmation, any description of the goods, or any...
Batson challenge
The Batson challenge refers to the act of objecting the validity of a peremptory challenge, on grounds that the other party used it to exclude a potential juror based on race, ethnicity, or sex. The result of a successful Batson challenge...
Batson objection
A Batson objection, also called a Batson challenge, refers to the act of objecting the validity of a peremptory challenge, on grounds that the other party used it to exclude a potential juror based on race, ethnicity, or sex. The result of a...