| n. | 1. | (Law) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business;
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| Noun | 1. | insolvency - the lack of financial resources Antonyms: solvency - the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due |
INSOLVENCY. The state or condition of a person who is insolvent. (q. v.) .
2. Insolvency may be simple or notorious. Simple insolvency is the
debtor's inability to pay his debts; and is attended by no legal badge of
notoriety, or promulgation. Notorious insolvency is that which is designated
by some public act, by which it becomes notorious and irretrievable, as
applying for the benefit of the insolvent laws, and being discharged under
the same.
3. Insolvency is a term of more extensive signification than
bankruptcy, and includes all kinds of inability to pay a just debt. 2 Bell's
Commentaries, 162, 6th ed.