swollen assets theory

noun

The legal theory that it is possible to trace a claimant's money to the defendant's general assets without identifying a specific asset which is the claimant's property.

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Meanings

nounswollen assets theory (plural swollen assets theories)

plural swollen assets theories

  1. lawThe legal theory that it is possible to trace a claimant's money to the defendant's general assets without identifying a specific asset which is the claimant's property.
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