DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY

discharge in bankruptcy. 1. The release of a debtor from personal liability for prebankruptcy

debts;  specif.,  discharge  under  the  United  States  Bankruptcy  Code.  [Cases:  Bankruptcy    3251.

C.J.S.  Bankruptcy  §§  288–290.]  2.  A  bankruptcy  court’s  decree  releasing  a  debtor  from  that

liability.[Blacks Law 8th]