Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Consolidation

n 1 The act or process of uniting; the state of being united. 2. Corporations. The unification of two or more corporations by dissolving the existing ones and creating a single new corporation. - Also termed consolidation of corporations. Cf. MERGER (7). 3. Corporations. Archaic. A union of the stock, property, or franchises of two or more companies where by the conduct of their affairs is permanently - or for a long period - put under one management, whether the agreement between

consolidation loan

A loan whose proceeds are used to pay off other individual loans, thereby creating a more manageable debt.

consolidation of corporations

See CONSOLIDATION.

debt consolidation

See DEBT POOLINi

procedural consolidation

See JOINT ADMINISTRATION.

substantive consolidation

Bankruptcy. The merger of two or more bankruptcy cases, usu. pending against the same debtor or related debtors, into one estate for purposes of distributing the assets, usu. resulting in the two estates sharing assets and liabilities, and in the extinguishment of duplicate claims and claims between the debtors.