courts to detain debtors. In England, debtors owing money could be easily detained by the courts for indefinite periods, being kept in debtor's prisons. Approximately...

A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses)...

Bankruptcy: Comprising the Bankruptcy Act, 1869; the Debtors Act, 1869; the Insolvent Debtors and Bankruptcy Repeal Act, 1869: Together with the General Rules...

judgment debtor could have been committed to prison or have a receiving order made against him in a judgment summons under the Debtors Act 1869. Specific...

Justice Act 1970 (c. 31) is a UK act of Parliament. Section 11 reforms the Debtors Act 1869 by further restricting the circumstances in which debtors may...

exists under English law, and was not repealed by the passing of the Debtors Act 1869. It is used in family law to prohibit a person from leaving or removing...

criminals, and required debtors to be imprisoned. The Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571 ensured that any transactions by the debtor with "intent to delay...

of the assets of the mortgagor. The Debtors Act 1869 contained various provisions for making known to the debtor the extent of the liability incurred...

following enactments: the Malicious Damage Act 1861 section 13 of the Debtors Act 1869 and section 13 of the Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872 (which relate to the...

the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor. A wide variety of legal mechanisms are employed by debtors to prevent...

section 15 of this Act. This offence replaced the offence of obtaining credit by fraud, contrary to section 13(1) of the Debtors Act 1869. The elements of...

Judgment summons, in English law, a summons issued under the Debtors' Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62) on the application of a creditor who has obtained...

the Bankruptcy Act 1869 was passed allowing all people, rather than just traders to file for bankruptcy. UK insolvency law Debtors' prison Fleet Prison...

the Debtors Act 1869, of obtaining credit by fraud. R v Danger revealed a lacuna in the law. This was remedied by section 90 of the Larceny Act 1861...

Amendment Act, 1868". Banking Almanac, Directory, Year Book and Diary for 1869. p 46. De Gex and Smith. Second Supplement to Arrangements between Debtors and...

incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1869. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments...

Gymnasiums Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 22) Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 49) Debtors Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62) This act was not...

Supplement to Arrangements Between Debtors and Creditors Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1861. Stevens and Sons. London. 1869. Google Books. Shelford, Leonard...

available to insolvent debtors owing $1000 or more, regardless of whether they are natural or legal persons. It contains mechanisms for debtors to make proposals...

The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 114), sometimes the Personal Diligence Act, was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into...

amounts. In the 18th century debtors comprised over half the prison population: 945 of London's 1,500 prisoners in 1779 were debtors. According to John Wade...

prisoners. St Briavels Castle was primarily a debtors' prison – in England up until the Debtors' Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), individuals unable to...

The Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696 was an Act of the Parliament of England (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 27), the long title of which is An Act For the more effectual...

miners and debtors regarded the Bland–Allison Act as an insufficient measure to enforce unlimited coinage of silver, but opponents repealed the act and advocated...

small-denomination coins. The act led to controversial results and was denounced by critics as the "Crime of '73". By 1869, the Mint Act of 1837, enacted before...

October 1873. Tensions surrounding the Panic of 1873 between creditors and debtors revived the specie payment resumption debate. Two views dominated this...

The Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed, for the first time, civil actions...

tackle long outstanding unpaid criminal fines and financial orders, from debtors who previously were difficult to trace, with the use of new intelligence...

the payment of legal tender in the discharge of a monetary debt from a debtor to a creditor. Sellers offering to enter into contractual relationship,...

effects of the Panic of 1873 grew worse, making it more expensive for debtors to pay debts they had contracted when currency was less valuable. Farmers...