Insolvent /(?)/
In·sol·vent
Insolvent
a.
- Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
Insolvent
n.
- One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. (Law)