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Technically, the term bankruptcy comes from the old Italian banco rotta or busted bench - most likely a metaphor for flat broke though, for merchants unable to pay their debts in olden days, more than a few benches (or countertops) were destroyed alongside. The overall notion's rather older and refers to the official distinction of debts that a court agrees could not reasonably expect to be repaid. As a matter of fact, the earliest legal definition of bankruptcy protection appeared in Roman statutes during Caesar's reign.
Posted originally: 08/15/2008
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