Insolvent \In*sol"vent\, a. [Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF.
   insolvent.] (Law)
      (a) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's
          debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in
          the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in
          insolvent debtor.
      (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as,
          an insolvent estate.
      (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
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   Insolvent law, or Act of insolvency, a law affording
      relief, -- subject to various modifications in different
      States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up
      their property for the benefit of their creditors;
      bankruptcy law. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.
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