Creditor's Rights is a legal term used to describe a lawyer's specialized practice area focused on the collection of debts on behalf of creditors.[1] This is a list of legal terms, often from Latin: A mensa et thoro A mensa et thoro, from bed and board. ... British barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... Debt is that which is owed. ... A creditor is a party (e. ...

Attorneys who practice in the area of "Creditor's Rights" will perform one or all of the following: An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ...

• Filing lawsuits and using other legal collection techniques to collect consumer debts (i.e. debts owed by individuals).
• Filing lawsuits and using other legal collection techniques to collect commercial debts (i.e. debts owed by businesses).
• Representing a creditor's interests in a bankruptcy proceeding.
• Foreclosure of retail or commercial real estate if the purchaser defaults on payment.
• Recovery (or Replevin) of secured goods (e.g. automobiles) if the purchaser defaults on payment.

Consumers are individuals or households that consume goods and services generated within the economy. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a piece of real property (immovable property) due to the owners failure to comply on its promissory note. ... Replevin is an Anglo-French law term (derived from repletir, to replevy). ...

See also

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (or FDCPA) of 1979 is a set of United States statutes added as Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. ...