Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

23.   Postponement of rights of person lending or selling in consideration of share of profits in caseof insolvency

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    In the event of any person to whom money has been advanced by way of loan upon such a contract as is mentioned in the last foregoing article, or of any buyer of a goodwill in consideration of a share of the profits of the business, being adjudged a bankrupt, entering into an agreement to pay his or her creditors less than 20 shillings in the pound, or dying in insolvent circumstances, the lender of the loan shall not be entitled to recover anything in respect of his or her loan, and the seller of the goodwill shall not be entitled to recover anything in respect of the share of profits contracted for, until the claims of the other creditors of the borrower or buyer for valuable consideration in money or money's worth have been satisfied.

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    Persons who have entered into partnership with one another are called collectively a firm, and the name under which their business is carried on is called the firm-name.