Terms Used In Indiana Code 7.1-3-24-8

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
   Sec. 8. Bankrupt Permittee. A receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the business or property of a permittee, acting under the jurisdiction of a court of record of this state, or a United States court, may continue the business conducted by the permittee, with the approval of the court having jurisdiction, by applying for and receiving the written consent of the chairman and if he is otherwise duly qualified to hold the permit as if he were himself applying for it. The qualifications of the applicant may be established by a finding of the court having jurisdiction. A copy of the court’s findings on the qualifications shall accompany the application for written consent.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-8(1).]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1.