Insolvency index 1842-1887

Entries
NameSurnamePlaceSequestrationDate Certificate IssuedOccupationCitation
-NEW SOUTH WALESDetails
JohnFEENEYJingera16/01/1880LaborerNRS-13654-1-[2/9809]-15410Details
MichaelALEXANDERYass15/02/1860StorekeepersNRS-13654-1-[2/8990]-4778Details
Ann NottBAILEYPitt Town, Newcastle02/03/186404/04/1865Lodging House KeeperNRS-13654-1-[2/9107]-6515Details
SpencerASHLINSydney18/11/186316/02/1864AgentNRS-13654-1-[2/9096]-6390Details
Robert CharlesARDERNSurry Hills23/04/1867DraperNRS-13654-1-[2/9246]-8331Details
AliceASKEWSydney09/09/1886Boarding House KeeperNRS-13654-1-[2/10270]-21141Details
JamesADAMSAraluen15/11/1865LaborerNRS-13654-1-[2/9167]-7411Details
DavidARMSTRONGNewtown09/01/1860Licensed VictuallerNRS-13654-1-[2/8988]-4743Details
--Sydney24/08/187020/12/1870NRS-13654-1-[2/9389]-10144Details

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Insolvency is the inability to pay debts or meet expenses. Under early colonial law insolvency was treated as a different concept to bankruptcy (which involved an insolvents assets being administered and distributed to creditors).

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Bankruptcy index 1888-1929

Bankruptcy is a state in which a person is unable to pay creditors and is required to undergo a legal process that usually results in liquidation the estate in order to meet expenses (at least in part).