Also known as: debitrix · debitores · debitrices · debtor · female debtor
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A person who owes a legal obligation to another. In Roman law the term identifies the party bound to perform under an obligation.
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Delilah Duran held an estate in fee simple conditional in a parcel of land. A judgment creditor docketed a lien against her. The creditor levied on the transferable interest Duran possessed at the time the lien attached.
Darius Dixon served as general partner in a limited partnership that later became a debtor in bankruptcy. A judgment creditor of Dixon sought to levy on his personal assets after the partnership assets proved insufficient.
Diana Delgado was a partner in a general partnership that entered bankruptcy. Her personal judgment creditor obtained court permission to execute against her individual property after partnership assets were exhausted.
Diego Duarte acquired real property after a prior judgment had been docketed against him. The judgment lien attached to the newly acquired parcel upon recording, affecting its marketability to subsequent buyers.
Devon Drake held an estate in fee tail preserved for a single lifetime. A judgment creditor recorded a lien and later executed against the transferable interest Drake possessed while the lien remained in force.
Daphne Doyle held a transferable interest in a partnership. Her judgment creditor obtained a charging order that created a lien on distributions otherwise payable to Doyle.
It identifies the party who owes a legal obligation to another person.
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Yes. The creditor may subject to payment those interests the debitor has power to transfer when the lien attaches or later acquires during the lien's continuance.
When the partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy a judgment creditor of a partner may levy on the partner's assets only after satisfying additional statutory conditions.
…Harris owed Balk was an intangible form of property belonging to Balk, and that the location of that property traveled with the debtor. By obtaining personal jurisdiction over Harris, Epstein had "arrested" his debt to Balk, 198 U. S., at 223, and brought it into the Maryland court. Under the structure established by…