Sentence examples for the practice of debt from inspiring English sources

Part of Johnson's campaign for relief was the abolition of the practice of debt imprisonment nationwide.

By 1821, the Relief Party had successfully ended the practice of debt imprisonment in Kentucky.

Later that year, a bill abolishing the practice of debt imprisonment passed both houses of Congress, and was signed into law on July 14.

An ally of Senator Richard Mentor Johnson, who was a primary voice against the practice of debt imprisonment, Rowan made a notable speech denouncing the practice on the Senate floor in 1828.

Adair oversaw the abolition of the practice of incarceration for debt, and sanctioned rigorous anti-gambling legislation.

For instance, the state of affairs of a world with no war is a moral ideal and the individual Socrates is virtuous, whereas the practice of paying back debts is obligatory and acts of theft prohibited.

The banks have engaged in the practice of tobashi: switching debts from company A to paper company B in order to make it appear that A's loans are being repaid.

I wish to challenge your solution to the problem caused by mortgage lenders who failed to follow the practice of including in monthly debt service payments coverage for taxes and insurance.

One is the practice of rolling over bad debt; another is the ability of distressed borrowers to turn to a vibrant shadow-banking sector for loans when in trouble.

The practice of removing a bad debt from a bank's books is not an unreasonable one, particularly as major lenders have been trying to move away from riskier assets.

In every case, the banks have engaged in the practice of tobashi, or switching debts from company A to paper company B in order to make it appear A's loans are being paid back.