Involuntary
121involuntary bankruptcy — /ɪnˌvɒlənt(ə)ri bæŋkrʌptsi/ noun US an application by creditors to have a person or corporation made bankrupt (NOTE: The UK term is compulsory winding up.) …
122involuntary proceedings — Creditors of an insolvent debtor may initiate proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code, thereby in effect forcing the debtor into bankruptcy. See straight bankruptcy, below …
123involuntary deposit — In the law of bailments, one made by the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in the possession of another, without negligence on the part of the owner, or, in cases of fire, shipwreck, inundation, riot, insurrection, or the like… …
124involuntary lien — A lien, such as a tax lien, judgment lien, etc., which attaches to property without the consent of the owner, rather than a mortgage lien, to which the owner agrees …
125involuntary payment — One obtained by fraud, oppression, or extortion, or to avoid the use of force to coerce it, or to obtain the release of the person or property from detention …
126involuntary servitude — The condition of one who is compelled by force, coercion, or imprisonment, and against his will, to labor for another, whether he is paid or not. Ex parte Wilson, 114 U.S. 417, 5 S.Ct. 935, 29 L.Ed. 89; In re Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. (16… …
127involuntary proceedings — Creditors of an insolvent debtor may initiate proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code, thereby in effect forcing the debtor into bankruptcy. See straight bankruptcy, below …
128involuntary deposit — In the law of bailments, one made by the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in the possession of another, without negligence on the part of the owner, or, in cases of fire, shipwreck, inundation, riot, insurrection, or the like… …
