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  2. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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  3. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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    The Debtors' Rights Act of 2012 requires two "pay or appear" court notices to be sent to debtors before an arrest can be made, and also prevents creditors from calling for multiple examinations ...

  4. Debtors' prison - Wikipedia

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    The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1]

  5. Texas two-step bankruptcy - Wikipedia

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    A fraudulent transfer is an illegal attempt to avoid paying a debt by transferring money to another person or entity. Critics have argued that a Texas divisive merger meets the definition of a fraudulent transfer when done in preparation for bankruptcy, because the divisive merger causes the spin-off to become insolvent (unable to pay its debts ...

  6. Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 - Wikipedia

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    Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 was a United States federal statute enacted into law by the first President of the United States George Washington on May 5, 1792. The Act of Congress established penal regulations and restrictions for persons jailed for property debt, tax evasion , and tax resistance .

  7. At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt - AOL

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    Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two The post At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt appeared ...

  8. Category:Debtors' prisons - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Debtors' prisons" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Ferguson, Missouri, agrees to pay $4.5 million to settle ...

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    The St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused it of operating a so-called debtors' prison.