insolvent
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Insolvent usually describes a business or individual that can’t pay its debts as they come due.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
In this way I gained some needed income, acquired a knowledge of the Insolvent Law, and more than all, I gained the acquaintances of the leading lawyers of the county.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
The Peace Society has wound up its affairs in the Insolvent Court of Prophecy.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
Charles Dickens’s father’s “attempts to avoid going through the courts having failed, all needful ceremonies had to be undertaken to obtain the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors’ Act.”
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Trumble, Alfred
Freed by the Insolvent Act in 1802, the painter, broken in health and ruined in character, was once again arrested for a tavern score, and ended his life in a sponging-house on October 29th, 1804.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.
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