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#Insolvent for practical purposes, with minimal prospects, or no prospects, of financial recovery.
''US insolvency law''.
#Formally insolvent, following a court order.


Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
Chapter 11 is designed to allow a financially stressed business temporary protection from its creditors, in order to provide an opportunity for recovery.
A Chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive, and pay its creditors over time.




== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Insolvency]]
* [[Administration]]
* [[Bankruptcy]]
* [[Bankruptcy Code]]
* [[Examinership]]
* [[Going concern]]
* [[Liquidation]]
* [[Receivership]]
* [[Insolvency]]
* [[United States]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:11, 11 July 2018

US insolvency law.

Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

Chapter 11 is designed to allow a financially stressed business temporary protection from its creditors, in order to provide an opportunity for recovery.

A Chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive, and pay its creditors over time.


See also