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The condition of a person who is insolvent; inability to pay one's debts; lack of means to pay one's debts. Such a relative condition of a man's assets and liabilities that the former, if all made immediately available, would not be sufficient to discharge the latter. Or the condition of a person who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade … [Read more...] about INSOLVENCY

In old records. An indltch; an Interior ditch; one made within another, for greater security. Spelman. … [Read more...] about INSETENA

This word has several meanings. It signifies a person whose estate is not sufficient to pay his debts. Civ. Code of Louisiana, art. 1980. A person is also said to be insolvent, who is under a present inability to answer, in the ordinary course of business, the responsibility which his creditors may enforce, by recourse to legal measures, without reference to his estate proving … [Read more...] about INSOLVENT

A person with a special position that allows that person to obtain private and confidential information that is not known generally. See also insider trading. … [Read more...] about INSIDER

To observe closely, to examine for defects or clues, to scrutinize for the purpose of determining quality. … [Read more...] about INSPECT