Bankruptcy Act 1883
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The Bankruptcy Act 1883 was a major Victorian-era reform of British insolvency law that centralized and standardized bankruptcy procedures under state control to curb abuses and improve fairness for creditors and debtors.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy Act 1883 canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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insolvency law statute ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
centralize bankruptcy administration
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curb abuses in bankruptcy practice ⓘ improve fairness for creditors ⓘ improve fairness for debtors ⓘ standardize bankruptcy procedures ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
individual debtors
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traders ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
commercial law
ⓘ
creditor–debtor law ⓘ |
| citation | 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| enactedIn | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bankruptcy Act 1890 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th-century British law ⓘ |
| introduced |
Board of Trade supervision of bankruptcy administration
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greater state control over bankruptcy ⓘ official receivers in bankruptcy ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | largely repealed ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to amend and consolidate the Law of Bankruptcy ⓘ |
| providedFor |
composition and schemes of arrangement with creditors
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discharge of bankrupts under statutory conditions ⓘ public examination of bankrupts ⓘ |
| reformOf | British bankruptcy law ⓘ |
| regulated |
acts of bankruptcy
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adjudication of bankruptcy ⓘ distribution of a bankrupt’s estate ⓘ liquidation by arrangement ⓘ priority of debts in bankruptcy ⓘ trustees in bankruptcy ⓘ |
| replaced | Bankruptcy Act 1869 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1883 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Bankruptcy Act 1883 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
bankruptcy
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creditor protection ⓘ debtor relief ⓘ insolvency ⓘ |
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