| 单词 | to strike a docket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike a docket ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (transitive)] > bankrupt craze1573 break1623 bankrupt?a1625 burst1712 to strike a docket1809 bust1827 smash1857 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 115 The person has subjected himself to being a bankrupt: if so, he is made one, which is termed striking a docket. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) ‘To strike a docket’ is said of a creditor who gives bond to the Lord Chancellor, proving his debtor to be a bankrupt; in consequence of which a commission of bankruptcy is taken out against him. 1835 T. Hood Dead Robbery i Of all the causes that induce mankind To strike against themselves a mortal docket. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 189/2 Docket or Dogged..the entry made by the secretary of bankrupts, when a petitioning creditor's affidavit of debt is lodged with him for the purpose of issuing a fiat in bankruptcy, technically called ‘striking a docket’. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 107 Esmond..having fairly struck his docket in this love transaction, determined to put a cheerful face on his bankruptcy. < as lemmas |
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