Judgment debtor

Judgment Debtor, in English law or American law, a person against whom a judgment ordering him to pay a sum of money has been obtained and remains unsatisfied. Such a person may be examined as to whether any and what debts are owing to him, and if the judgment debt is of the necessary amount he may be made bankrupt if he fails to comply with a bankruptcy notice (in US, Law, an involuntary petition) served on him by the judgment creditors.

In the past, the judgment debtor could have been committed to prison or have a receiving order made against him in a judgment summons under the Debtors Act 1869.

Specific debts are "non dischargable" such as debts for fraud, and civil judgments that are obtained within the bankruptcy system in a civil"Adversail proceeding". During such proceedings (US LAW) the judge whom presides over the bankruptcy declairs that a specific debt be deemed as Non Dischargable, in that the bankruptcy will not dismiss the debt, and the debtor is obligated for the full amount of the judgment, for life.

Examinations, refered to as Judgment Debtor Exams or a (JDX) of the debtor are conducted in front of a district court judge, and the debtor is required to to make the debtor answer questions about his or her assets, or face the posiability of imprisonment for contempt of court.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)