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Bankruptcy discharge

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000668

A court order that releases a debtor from personal liability for certain debts, preventing creditors from taking any collection actions against the debtor for those debts. This is a primary goal of filing for bankruptcy. Not all debts are dischargeable; for example, certain taxes and student loans often are not.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000668
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000668",
  "term": "Bankruptcy discharge",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A court order that releases a debtor from personal liability for certain debts, preventing creditors from taking any collection actions against the debtor for those debts. This is a primary goal of filing for bankruptcy. Not all debts are dischargeable; for example, certain taxes and student loans often are not.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/bankruptcy-discharge/"
}

Record 464 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.