An English court of record , having original and appellate jurisdiction in matters of bankruptcy, and invested with both legal and equitable powers for that purpose. In the United States , the “courts of bankruptcy” include the district courts of the United States and of the territories, the supreme court of the District of Columbia , and the United States court of the Indian Territory and of Alaska. U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3419.
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