Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

adversary proceeding

a hearing involving a dispute between opposing parties <judge adams presided over the adversary proceeding between the landlord and tenant>. 2. bankruptcy. a lawsuit that is brought within a bankruptcy proceeding, governed by special procedural rules, and based on conflicting claims usu. between the debtor (or the trustee) and a creditor or other interested party <the chapter 7 trustee filed an adversary proceeding against the party who received $100,000 from the debtor one week before the bankruptcy filing>.