Definition of Extinguishment Of Debts
This takes place by payment; by accord and satisfaction; by novation, or the substitution of a new debtor; by merger, when the creditor recovers a judgment or accepts a security of a . higher nature than the original obligation; by a release; and where one of the parties, debtor, or creditors, makes the other his executor. See also Bankruptcy.
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