Legal Definition and Related Resources of Preference
Meaning of Preference
The act of preferring; a priority of payment given by an insolvent person to one or to a certain class of his creditors over others. Also, priority of payment by operation of law. Also see 11 U.S.C. §547.
Preference Alternative Definition
Priority of payment, or right thereto. Preferences may be either involuntary, being the right which a creditor obtains by law to be first paid out of the assets of the debtor, as by obtaining a judgment which is a lien on his lands, or voluntary, being the paying or securing to one or more of his creditors by a debtor (usually insolvent) the whole or a part of their claims, to the exclusion of the rest.
Synonyms of Preference
(Choice), noun
- bias
- discretion
- disposition
- election
- fancy
- favorite
- inclination
- leaning
- liking
- option
- partiality
- preconceived liking
- predilection
- prejudice
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- selection Associated Concepts: preferred risk
(Priority), noun
- advancement
- advantage
- benefit
- favored treatment
- front position
- praepositio
- precedence
- preeminence
- preferment
- preferred standing
- seniority Associated Concepts: calendar preference
- fraudulent conveyances
- fraudulent preference
- preferred stock
- unlawful preference
- voidable preference foreign phrases: Qui prior est tempore potior est jure
- He who is first in time is first in right
- Prior tempore potior jure
- First in time
- superior in right
Related Entries of Preference in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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Preference in Historical Law
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Best Evidence, Canons Of Construction, Fraudulent Preference, Preference Eligible, Preference Share, Preferred Stock, Priority, Reasonable Cause, Retainer, Share.
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Preference in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of preference.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- preference in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- preference in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Meaning of Preference in Political Science
A very basic notion of Preference related to the United States’election law is provided here: Choice
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