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n.(1) Property a debtor acquires after concluding an agreement putting up other property as security for a loan.(2) Property acquired by a bankrupt after filing for bankruptcy.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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1) Property that a person acquires after taking on a debt, which becomes additional collateral for the debt. Typically, this occurs when the debtor has signed an agreement pledging all property as security for the debt.2) Property acquired by a debtor after filing for bankruptcy.3) Property someone acquires after making a will.Category: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → BankruptcyCategory: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n.1 In commercial law, property acquired by a debtor after the execution of a security agreement wherein property acquired by the debtor before the execution of the agreement has been pledged as collateral for a loan.2 In bankruptcy law, property acquired by a bankrupt after a petition for bankruptcy is filed.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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n.1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he/she has agreed that all his/her property secures a debt. Thus, the new property also becomes security for the debt. This includes improvements to real property which is security on a deed of trust or mortgage and personal property pledged in a security agreement (UCC-1).2) in bankruptcy, property acquired by the bankrupt person after he/she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt. This after-acquired property is not included in the assets which may be used to pay any debts which existed at the time of bankruptcy filing.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.