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Social Sciences and the Law , debt / det/ • n. something that is owed or due: I paid off my debts | a way to reduce Third World debt. ∎ the state of owing money: heavily in debt.… Execution , EXECUTION
EXECUTION (Civil ), laws concerning methods of recovering a debt.
Definition and Substance of the Concept
In Jewish law, a debt or obligati… Lien , LIEN
LIEN (Heb. שִׁעְבּוּד נְכָסִים, Shibud Nekhasim).
The Concept
Jewish law enables the creditor to exercise a lien over all the debtor's property,… National Debt , National Debt
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A national debt is generated when a government runs a budget deficit for consecutive fiscal years; hence its expenditures… Pledge , Pledge
The Concept
In Jewish law, in addition to the personal right of action against the debtor, the creditor also has a right of *lien on the latte… Public Debt , public debt, indebtedness of a central government expressed in money terms, often referred to as national debt. The debt is computed differently by n…
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