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Debt

Summary

A fixed and specific sum of money due by agreement, as proved by a matter of record and not dependent upon any future determination. It is normally discharged by payment.
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“Debt,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 1:290.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson, 1839.

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  • Case File Wrapper, circa May 1846 [ Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
  • Case File Wrapper, circa October 1845 [ Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al. ]
  • Docket Entry, Dismissal, 19 May 1846 [ Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
  • Docket Entry, Judgment, 22 May 1846 [ Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
  • Docket Entry, Nonsuit, 23 October 1845 [ Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al. ]
  • Docket Entry, Writ of Inquiry, 20 May 1846 [ Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
  • Introduction to JS v. Brotherton
  • Praecipe, 1 September 1845 [ Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al. ]
  • Summons, 1 September 1845 [ Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al. ]
  • Summons, 6 January 1846 [ Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
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