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DEBTOR’S ACT 1869

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The statute 32 & 33 Vict. c. 62, abolishing imprisonment for debt in England, and
for the punishment of fraudulent debtors. 2 Steph. Comm. 159-164. Not to be
confounded with the Bankruptcy Act of 1869. Mozley & Whitley.

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