filing petition

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• good faith in filing petition for reorganization — Something more than honesty of purpose and good intention; a filing with reasonable belief that reorganization is attainable. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 1527 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …   Law dictionary

• petition — (or bankruptcy petition or petition for relief) the document that commences a bankruptcy proceeding (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The document used to begin a bankruptcy case. See order for relief (Bernstein s Dictionary of Bankruptcy… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

• Petition mill — A petition mill is a fraud in which the perpetrator poses as a financial advisor, sometimes as a credit counselor or paralegal, filing hastily prepared bankruptcy documents in the name of victims who come to the advisor as clients. The bankruptcy …   Wikipedia

• petition — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document asking court for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ court (esp. AmE) ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, habeas corpus (AmE) ▪ She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla s behalf …   Collocations dictionary

• filing fee — The fee charged by a public officer for the filing of a pleading, an instrument, or document in his office. The amount to be paid to the clerk of court upon filing a petition in bankruptcy or a petition for relief in the bankruptcy court by way… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Petition to make special — In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking that a patent application be examined ahead of the other pending applications in the same …   Wikipedia

• Filing — File File, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filing}.] 1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Filing —   Any written application, complaint, declaration, petition, protest, answer, motion, brief, exception, rate schedule, or other pleading, amendment to a pleading, document, or similar paper that is submitted to a utility commission.   U.S. Dept.… …   Energy terms

• involuntary petition — USA A bankruptcy petition filed by creditors, usually to force a debtor to enter a liquidation proceeding under Chapter 7. The debtor can contest the petition and can choose to convert it into a case under Chapter 11. When a debtor contests an… …   Law dictionary

• post-petition — occurs after the filing of a petition (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012. post petition ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE (under Claim, Post Petition) FINANCING (under Credit, Post Petition) Under Chapter 13,… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy