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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BANKRUPTCY I. Constitutionality, Purpose, And Effect Of Bankruptcy Laws II. Construction And Interpretation Of Bankruptcy Acts III. Bankruptcy Courts, Their Jurisdiction, Powers, And Procedure IV. Officers. Their Powers, Duties And Compensation V. Who May Become Bankrupts, And Acts Of Bankruptcy VI. Petition For Adjudication, Proceedings Thereon, AdJudication Or Dismissal VII. Partnership Cases VIII. Bankrupt's Duties; Protection, Detention, And Extra- Dition IX. Property Passing To Trustee?Trustee's Title X. Claims Against Estate XI. Exemptions, Dower Rights, Allowances, And Property Claims XII. Suits By And Against Bankrupts XIII. Suits Hy And Against Trustees XIV. Preferences XV. Liens, Fraudulent Conveyances And Similar Transfers XVI. Sales Of Assets XVII. Composition And Discharge XVIII. Contempts And Criminal Offenses XIX. Appeal And Error, Revision, Certificate And Certiorari I. Constitutionality, Purpose, and Effect of Bankruptcy Laws 1. Constitutionality and General Purpose 2. Effect on State Insolvency Laws and Proceedings in General 3. Effect on Assignments for Benefit of Creditors II. Construction and Interpretation of Bankruptcy Acts 4. In General 5. General Purpose and Spirit of Act Controlling 6. Legislative Policy, and Legislative History of Statute 7. Comparison with Earlier Bankruptcy Acts Judicially Construed 8. All Parts to be Construed Together and Harmonized 9. Presumption from Failure to Make Specific Provision 10. Meaning of Words and Phrases 11. Avoidance of Judicial Legislation 12. Mischievous Results to be Avoided 13. Inconvenience, Hardship, and Injustice to be Avoided 14. Construction Against Infliction of Penalty 15. Uureasonable or Absurd Constructions 16. D...