secured bond
secured bond 担保债券 以抵押、附属担保〔collateral〕或其他方式担保的债券。 (→debenture)
Bankruptcy. A debtor’s leasing ploy to try to keep property outside the bankruptcy estate, whereby a lease either presents the lessee-debtor with a bargain purchase option or transfers title to the lessee-debtor at the end of the lease term. • When such a lease is discovered, the property is treated as part of the bankruptcy
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bulk sale. A sale of a large quantity of inventory outside the ordinary course of the seller’s business. • Bulk sales are regulated by Article 6 of the UCC, which is designed to prevent sellers from defrauding unsecured creditors by making these sales and then dissipating the sale proceeds. — Also termed bulk transfer. [Cases:
repossession, n. The act or an instance of retaking property; esp., a seller’s retaking of goods sold on credit when the buyer has failed to pay for them. — Often shortened to repo. Cf. FORECLOSURE; RESCUE(3). [Cases: Secured Transactions 228. C.J.S. Secured Transactions §§ 151, 153–160, 180.] — repossess, vb.
A market where the items bought and sold are numerous and similar, where competitive bidding and bartering are not prevalent, and where prices paid in sales of comparable items are publicly quoted. • Examples of recognized markets include stock and commodities exchanges. Under the UCC, a secured creditor may, upon the debtor’s default, sell the
A security interest held by a creditor who has not established priority over any other creditor. • The only priority is over the debtor. [Cases: Secured Transactions 139. C.J.S. Secured Transactions § 91.]
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administrative-convenience exception. Bankruptcy. A provision permitting a bankruptcy plan to have a separate classification for small, unsecured claims, to the extent that the separate classification will assist in a more efficient disposition of the estate, as by paying or eliminating the small claims earlier than other claims. 11 USCA § 1122(b). [Cases: Bankruptcy 3550. C.J.S.
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redemption, n. 1. The act or an instance of reclaiming or regaining possession by paying a specific price. [Cases: Secured Transactions 241. C.J.S. Secured Transactions § 184.] 2. Bankruptcy. A debtor’s right to repurchase property from a buyer who obtained the property at a forced sale initiated by a creditor. [Cases: Bankruptcy 3034. C.J.S. Bankruptcy
farm products. Crops, livestock, and supplies used or produced in farming or products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states, if they are in the possession of a debtor engaged in farming. UCC § 9-102(a)(34). Cf. growing crops under CROPS. [Cases: Secured Transactions 17. C.J.S. Secured Transactions § 16.]
absolute-bar rule. The principle that, when a creditor sells collateral without giving reasonable notice to the debtor, the creditor may not obtain a deficiency judgment for any amount of the debt that is not satisfied by the sale. [Cases: Mortgages 375, 559(3); Secured Transactions 230, 240. C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 674–676, 934–935, 937, 950; Secured Transactions