AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY
after-acquired property. 1.Secured transactions. A debtor’s property that is acquired after a
security transaction and becomes additional security for payment of the debt. UCC § 9-204. —
Also termed future-acquired property. [Cases: Secured Transactions 13, 116. C.J.S. Secured
Transactions §§ 12, 85.] 2.Bankruptcy. Property that the bankruptcy estate acquires after A
commencement of the bankruptcy proceeding. 11 USCA § 541(a)(7). [Cases: Bankruptcy 2558.
C.J.S. Bankruptcy §§ 120, 122.] 3.Wills & estates. Property acquired by a person after making a
will. • The old rule was that a testamentary gift of personal property spoke at the time of the
testator’s death, whereas a gift of lands spoke from the date of the will’s execution (so that
after-acquired property was not disposed of), but this has been changed by legislation in most
states. [Cases: Wills 8, 578. C.J.S. Wills §§ 53, 55–56, 1099–1104.] [Blacks Law 8th]