Bankruptcy Glossary
- Absolute Priority
- Adequate Protection
- Administrative Claim
- Adversary Proceeding
- Allowed Claim
- Appraiser
- Asset
- Assume
- Automatic Stay
- Avoidance Power
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy Code
- Bankruptcy Court
- Bankruptcy Estate
- Bankruptcy Judge
- Bankruptcy Petition
- BAPCA
- Bar Date
- Business Bankruptcy
- Chapter
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 7
- Claim
- Class
- Confirmation
- Consumer Debtor
- Consumer Debts
- Contested Matter
- Contingent Claim (or Contingent Debt)
- Conversion
- Core Proceedings
- Cramdown
- Credit Counseling
- Creditor
- Current Monthly Income (a.k.a. CMI)
- Debtor
- Debtor Education
- Deficient Filing (a.k.a. skeleton filing)
- Discharge
- Dischargeable Debt
- Dismissal
- Disposable Income
- Docket
- Equity
- Executory Contract
- Exemptions, Exempt Property
- Filing Fees
- Fraudulent Transfer
- Fresh Start
- Going Concern Value
- Insider
- Insolvent
- Involuntary Bankruptcy
- Joint petition
- Lien
- Liquidated Claim
- Liquidation
- Liquidation Value
- Matrix
- Means Test
- Median Income Test
- Meeting of Creditors (a.k.a. 341 Meeting)
- Motion to Lift the Automatic Stay
- No-Asset Case
- Non-dischargeable Debt
- Objection to Dischargeability
- Objection to Exemptions
- PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
- Party in Interest
- Perfection
- Petition - (or bankruptcy petition or petition for relief)
- Petition preparer
- Plaintiff
- Plan
- Post-petition
- Post-petition Transfer
- Pre-bankruptcy Planning
- Preference
- Presumption of Abuse
- Priority Claim
- Pro Rata
- Proof of Claim
- Property of the Estate
- Reaffirmation Agreement
- Reorganization
- Rule 2004 Exam
- Schedules
- Secured Creditor
- Secured Debt
- Statement of Financial Affairs
- Statement of Intention
- Substantial Abuse
- Transfer
- Trustee
- Undersecured Claim
- United States Trustee
- Unliquidated Claim
- Unscheduled Debt
- Unsecured Claim
- Unsecured Creditor
- Voluntary Bankruptcy
- Voluntary Transfer