Preference in United States

Preference Definition

Priority of payment, or right thereto. Preferences may be either involuntary, being the right which a creditor obtains by law to be first paid out of the assets of the debtor, as by obtaining a judgment which is a lien on his lands, or voluntary, being the paying or securing to one or more of his creditors by a debtor (usually insolvent) the whole or a part of their claims, to the exclusion of the rest.

Preference in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

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Preference	Preference in the World Legal Encyclopedia.
Preference	Preference in the European Legal Encyclopedia.
Preference	Preference in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia.
Preference	Preference in the UK Legal Encyclopedia.
Preference	Preference in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia.

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Preference	Preference in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Preference	Preference in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.

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Priority of payment, or right thereto. Preferences may be either involuntary, being the right which a creditor obtains by law to be first paid out of the assets of the debtor, as by obtaining a judgment which is a lien on his lands, or voluntary, being the paying or securing to one or more of his creditors by a debtor (usually insolvent) the whole or a part of their claims, to the exclusion of the rest.

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This definition of Preference Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This definition needs to be proofread..

Concept of Preference in Political Science

The following is a very basic definition of Preference in relation to the election system and the U.S Congress: Choice

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