Bankruptcy Code

Bankruptcy Code definition - legal

n

The federal statute, adopted in 1978, that governs all bankruptcy cases filed after September 30, 1979. Superseded Bankruptcy Act.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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