| 1. | Section 1 of the Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Act 1888 first introduced the concept.
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| 2. | Various preferential payment schemes are being offered by the developer.
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| 3. | Dean Witter told its brokers last month that the firm would end the preferential payments.
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| 4. | It was amended by section 2 of the Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1897.
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| 5. | It is also unclear whether Enron violated any rules or laws in making the preferential payments.
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| 6. | Federal law prohibits " preferential payments " in the 90 days leading up to a bankruptcy filing.
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| 7. | They would need to prove that preferential payments were made, obstructing creditors from getting their fair share.
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| 8. | Haiti is a member of Petrocaribe, an agreement allowing Caribbean nations to buy Venezuelan oil on conditions of preferential payment.
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| 9. | "' Petrocaribe "'is an oil alliance of many Caribbean states with Venezuela to purchase oil on conditions of preferential payment.
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| 10. | As part of those costs, they take priority over the preferential payments for rates, taxes and wages, and over the debenture holder.
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