Bankruptcy, Moral Aspect of

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• Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy —     Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy     (See also CIVIL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY.)     Bankruptcy must be considered not only from the legal but also from the moral point of view; for sound morality …   Catholic encyclopedia

• moral — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 practical lesson VERB + MORAL ▪ draw ▪ There are clear morals to be drawn from the failure of these companies. PREPOSITION ▪ moral to ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy —     Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy     (See also MORAL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY.)     Bankruptcy (La banqueroute; earlier English terms, bankruptship, bankrupture) in civil jurisprudence as well as …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Divine law — is any law (or rule) that in the opinion of believers, comes directly from the will of God (or a god). Like natural law (which may be seen as a manifestation of divine law) it is independent of the will of man, who cannot change it. However it… …   Wikipedia

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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