bankruptcy court
noun [C] LAW, FINANCEDefinition
› a special court that deals with situations in which a business or a person becomes unable to pay their debts, and is officially bankrupt: The agency will assume much of the burden if a bankruptcy court allows the airline to terminate its pension scheme.
(Definition of bankruptcy court noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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