days in bank
days in bank (英格兰古法)出庭日；令状回呈日 最初为民诉法庭〔Court of Common Pleas〕对特定的诉讼事项所指定的日期，包括当事人出庭的日期，传票送达的回呈日期等。在普通法上，除传票中另有指定的出庭日或回呈日外，被告通常可在3日内出庭。被告出庭后，即给予其一段时间答辩，称为延期〔continuance〕。若原告撤诉或法庭判决被告胜诉，则被告即免除再次出庭的义务。
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days in bank
Particular days set aside by the Court of Common Pleas for specific matters, including the appearance of parties and service of process. — Also termed dies in banco.
days in bank
days in bank. Particular days set aside by the Court of Common Pleas for specific matters, including the appearance of parties and service of process. — Also termed dies in banco. “There are in each of these terms stated days called days in bank, dies in banco; that is, days of appearance in the court
banking day
banking day. 1. Banking hours on a day when a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all its banking functions. • Typically, if the bookkeeping and loan departments are closed by a certain hour, the remainder of that day is not part of that bank’s banking day. 2. A day on
practice master
practice master 〈英〉诉讼程序主事法官 高等法院王座庭中主事法官的一种，按轮值表轮流在中央办公室〔Central Office〕值班，监督指导该处的工作并解答有关诉讼程序的问题。他们所作的诉讼程序指南〔Practice Directions〕刊登在《最高法院诉讼程序》〔Supreme Court Practice〕上，虽然不具有法律效力，但地区登记处〔district registry〕必须遵守。一年中的每一工作日都应有一名诉讼程序主事法官值班，但银行假日〔bank holidays〕及法院休庭期除外。
preferential transfer
preferential transfer. Bankruptcy. A prebankruptcy transfer made by an insolvent debtor to or for the benefit of a creditor, thereby allowing the creditor to receive more than its proportionate share of the debtor’s assets; specif., an insolvent debtor’s transfer of a property interest for the benefit of a creditor who is owed on an earlier
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nova debita
nova debita (noh-v[schwa] deb-i-t[schwa]). [Latin] Scots law. New debts, as distinguished from preexisting ones. “A security granted by a debtor within sixty days of his bankruptcy for a debt contracted before that period is reducible as a fraudulent preference. But security or payment granted in consideration of a novum debitum — a debt presently contracted
ex fraude creditorum
ex fraude creditorum (eks fraw-dee kred-i-tor-[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. On the ground of fraud toward creditors. • A preference could be set aside if it were made within 60 days of the bankruptcy filing.
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reaffirmation
reaffirmation, n. 1. Approval of something previously decided or agreed to; renewal (the Supreme Court’s reaffirmation of this principle is long overdue). 2. Bankruptcy. An agreement between the debtor and a creditor by which the debtor promises to repay a prepetition debt that would otherwise be discharged at the conclusion of the bankruptcy (the debtor
finance bill
A bill of exchange drawn by a bank in one country on a bank in another country to raise short-term credit. • Finance bills are often issued in tight money periods, and usu. have maturity dates of more than 60 days. — Also termed banker’s bill; working capital acceptance.