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Subchapter I. Proceedings for Discharge
§ 7301. Right of discharge from imprisonment for debt; conditions. - Whoever is imprisoned for debt, damages, or costs, by virtue...
§ 7302. Contents of petition. - The petition for discharge shall set forth the imprisonment and...
§ 7303. Summons to creditors; service. - The petition being preferred, the court shall award process for...
§ 7304. Proof of service; appearance as waiver. - Proof of the service of a summons under § 7303...
§ 7305. Creditor's affidavit of fraud; jury trial. - Any creditor in any sum not less than $50, the...
§ 7306. Hearing by court in absence of allegation of fraud. - If an allegation of fraud is not filed, or being...
§ 7307. Interrogatories to petitioner. - Interrogatories may be proposed by any creditor to the petitioner,...
§ 7308. Order to surrender property. - Upon sufficient cause shown, the court may order the petitioner...
§ 7309. Penalties for fraud of petitioner. - If it appears to the court that the petitioner has...
§ 7310. Discharge of petitioner. - If it appears to the court that there is no...
§ 7311. Oath of insolvency upon discharge. - Before an order for a petitioner's discharge, the petitioner shall...
§ 7312. Petitioner's assignment in trust for creditors on discharge. - The petitioner shall also, before an order for his or...
§ 7313. Petition in Chancery for discharge. - Whoever is imprisoned for the nonperformance of any order or...
§ 7314. Records of proceedings. - Every petition, and all proceedings, orders and adjudications in cases...
Subchapter II. Proceedings Under Assignment
§ 7321. Deed of assignment as court record; copy as evidence. - A deed of assignment, executed pursuant to § 7312 of...
§ 7322. Vesting of title under assignment. - The assignment shall vest in the trustee or trustees therein...
§ 7323. Possession of property by trustees; exemption and valuation. - The trustee or trustees shall take possession of all property...
§ 7324. Rental liability of property assigned; payment before removal. - If the petitioner is a tenant holding any lands or...
§ 7325. Duties and powers of trustees. - The trustee or trustees, or the survivors or survivor of...
§ 7326. Abatement of actions pending at assignment. - No action or proceeding of the petitioner at law, or...
§ 7327. Release after assignment. - No release, acquittance, or receipt, made by the petitioner after...
§ 7328. Disposition of proceeds from petitioner's estate. - The net proceeds of the petitioner's estate, after deducting just...
§ 7329. Admission of demands payable in future. - A demand existing at the time of executing the deed...
§ 7330. Determination of controversies respecting demands or claims. - Controversies arising in the course of the execution of the...
§ 7331. Court's powers with respect to trustees. - The court may, in its discretion, require the trustee or...
Subchapter III. Effect of Discharge Under Subchapters I and II
§ 7341. Freedom from arrest; after-acquired property. - A person discharged from imprisonment, pursuant to subchapters I and...
Subchapter IV. Proceedings Regarding Maintenance of Imprisoned Debtors
§ 7351. Petition for maintenance. - Whoever is imprisoned for debt, damages, or costs of a...
§ 7352. Hearing on petition; order for recognizance of. - (a) If, upon the hearing of a petition filed under...
§ 7353. Recognizance. - The prothonotary may approve the surety and take the recognizance...
§ 7354. Discharge upon failure to give recognizance. - If the order issued under § 7352 of this title...
§ 7355. Discharge upon creditor's action to discontinue liability. - (a) The principal in any recognizance entered into under the...
§ 7356. Petition by prisoner to give security for debt. - Whoever is imprisoned for the reasons stated in § 7351...
§ 7357. Arrest upon same process; continuation of obligations. - A person discharged from imprisonment pursuant to § 7354, §...
§ 7358. Special proceedings; affidavit of fraud. - (a) The provisions of this subchapter for the discharge of...
Subchapter V. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating toSubchapters I-IV
§ 7371. Appearance in actions. - The appearance of any person who is discharged from imprisonment...
§ 7372. Imprisonment by United States or for other cause. - No proceeding or order under subchapters I-IV of this chapter...
§ 7373. Preservation of liens and liability of sureties and others. - No proceeding under subchapters I-IV of this chapter shall in...
§ 7374. Penalties for false swearing. - Whoever, to whom an oath or affirmation is administered under...
Subchapter VI. Voluntary Assignments
§ 7381. Filing inventory of property assigned. - In every case in which any person makes a voluntary...
§ 7382. Appointment and duties of appraisers. - Upon the filing of the inventory and affidavit required by...
§ 7383. Assignee's bond. - (a) The assignee shall, as soon as the inventory and...
§ 7384. Proceedings on bond. - Upon the application of any person interested, the Court of...
§ 7385. Assignees' accounts and exceptions. - (a) The assignee shall render an account of the assignee's...
§ 7386. Removal of assignees. - The Court of Chancery, upon cause being shown, may remove...
§ 7387. Void preferences of creditors. - Whenever any person, in contemplation of insolvency or in contemplation...