Insolvent law

a law affording relief, - subject to various modifications in different States, - to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors; bankruptcy law. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.

See also: Insolvent

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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