Excerpt from Practical Guide to the Bankruptcy Law of 1869: Being the Bankruptcy and Debtors Acts, 1869, Condensed and Simplified, With Notes, Reference Tables, and Index The Bankruptcy Acts of the year 1869 comprise certain leading principles, namely - the equal division of the pro perty of the debtor amongst his creditors with as little delay and expense as possible; that this division shall be conducted and managed by the creditors themselves, either in bankruptcy, under the immediate supervision of the court, or by a process which. Is called liquidation by arrangement, not entailing upon the persons interested such extended resort to the court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.