beneficium competentiae

beneficium competentiae (ben-[schwa]-fish-ee-[schwa]m kom-p[schwa]-ten-shi-ee). [Latin “privilege of competency”] Roman & Scots law. A debtor’s right to be ordered to pay only as much as the debtor reasonably could, so that after assigning his or her estate to creditors, the debtor kept enough to live on. See assignment for the benefit of creditors under ASSIGNMENT; SALVO BENEFICIO COMPETENTIAE.

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资深译员玉晶，毕业于国内顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与环境、安全与健康相关的法律文件。