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    The Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 69 abolished the distinction between traders...
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  • Bankrupts Office Abolition Act The Bankruptcy Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 119) The Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134) The act 25 & 26 Vict. c. 99 is...
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  • of the district courts of bankruptcy. Jurisdiction of this court passed to the Court of Bankruptcy in 1861. The Bankruptcy Act 1883 transferred jurisdiction...
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    The Bankruptcy Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament of England. Under the Act, the Lord Chancellor was given power to discharge bankrupts...
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  • Titles Act 1896. The third session of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 5 February 1861 until 6 August 1861. New Provinces Act 1858...
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    While UK bankruptcy law concerns the rules for natural persons, the term insolvency is generally used for companies formed under the Companies Act 2006....
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    concern for their plight. The act created a new Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors that remained in existence until 1861, under the jurisdiction of...
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    The Bankruptcy Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which formed the primary source of UK insolvency law for...
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    treatment. Declaring bankruptcy allowed a debtor to avoid prison, but this was not an option available to everyone. Until 1861 it was limited to the...
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  • wrote the book Arrangements between Debtors and Creditors under the Bankruptcy Act, 1861) and was also Honorable Counsel to the Royal Philharmonic Society...
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