2) bankrupt. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Law A debtor that, upon voluntary petition or one invoked by the debtor's creditors, is judged legally insolvent. The debtor's remaining property is then administered...

3) debtor. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...One that owes something to another. 2. One who is guilty of a trespass or sin; a sinner. Middle English dettour, from Old French dettor, from Latin dbitor, from dbitus,...

4) elegit. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A writ of execution against a debtor by which the debtor's property or goods are delivered to the plaintiff until the debtor can settle the debt. Medieval Latin lgit,...

5) garnishment. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Law a. A legal proceeding whereby money or property due a debtor but in the possession of another is applied to the payment of the debt owed to the plaintiff....

6) dun 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: dunned, dunˇning, duns To importune (a debtor) for payment: a dunning letter. 1. One that duns. 2. An importunate demand for payment. Origin unknown....

7) dharna. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A fast conducted at the door of an offender, especially a debtor, in India as a means of obtaining compliance with a demand for justice, such as payment of a debt....

8) lien. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt or duty. French, tie, bond, from Old French, constraint, from Latin...

9) fieri facias. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...execution authorizing a sheriff to lay a claim to and seize the goods and chattels of a debtor to fulfill a judgment against the debtor. Middle English, from Medieval...

10) moratorium. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...forms: pl. morˇaˇtoˇriˇums or morˇaˇtoˇriˇa (-tor-, -tor-)1. Law a. An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments....