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The Bankruptcy Code permits the debtor to eliminate (avoid) some kinds of liens that interfere with (or impair) an exemption claimed in the bankruptcy. Most judgment liens that have attached to the debtor’s home can be avoided if the total of the liens (mortgages, judgment liens and statutory liens) is greater than the value of the property in which the exemption is claimed. This is sometimes called “lien stripping.”
Avoidance (Wikipedia)
Look up avoidance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Avoidance may refer to:
- Avoidance coping, a kind of coping that is generally considered maladaptive, as it promotes an exaggerated fear response through negative reinforcement
- Avoidant personality disorder, a personality disorder recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Conflict avoidance, a controversial method of dealing with conflict
- Experiential avoidance, attempts to avoid thoughts, feelings, memories, physical sensations, and other internal experiences
- Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices, relationships in traditional Aboriginal society where certain people were required to avoid others in their family or clan
- Avoidance (novel), a 2002 novel by Michael Lowenthal
- Avoidance play, a card play technique in contract bridge designed to prevent a particular defender from winning the trick
Avoidance (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- avoidaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.
