Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7307 – Interrogatories to petitioner
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Interrogatories may be proposed by any creditor to the petitioner, touching the causes of the petitioner’s insolvency, the ownership, disposal and state of any property, the time of contracting any debt, or of executing any security, deed, or other instrument, and the consideration thereof, and any other matter which the court deems a proper subject of such inquiry. The petitioner shall, upon the requirement of any creditor, fully and distinctly answer the interrogatories upon oath or affirmation. The petitioner’s answers, being reduced to writing, shall be signed by the petitioner.
Code 1852, § ?2686; Code 1915, § ?4618; Code 1935, § ?5076; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?7307; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7307
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302