Friendly Suit in United States
Friendly Suit Definition
A suit brought by a creditor in chancery against an executor or administrator, being really a suit by the executor or administrator, in the name of a creditor, against himself, in order to compel the creditors to take an equal distribution of the assets. 2 Williams, Ex’rs, 1915. Also any suit instituted by agreement between the parties to obtain the opinion of the court upon some doubtful question in which they are interested, such as actions for construction of wills, partition suits, etc.
Friendly Suit in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Friendly Suit | Friendly Suit in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
A suit brought by a creditor in chancery against an executor or administrator, being really a suit by the executor or administrator, in the name of a creditor, against himself, in order to compel the creditors to take an equal distribution of the assets. 2 Williams, Ex’rs, 1915. Also any suit instituted by agreement between the parties to obtain the opinion of the court upon some doubtful question in which they are interested, such as actions for construction of wills, partition suits, etc.
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