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Foreign Proceeding


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Under 11 U.S.C. Section 101, the term:

(23) ''foreign proceeding'' means proceeding, whether judicial or administrative and hether or not under bankruptcy law, in a foreign country in which the debtor's domicile, residence, principal place of business, or principal assets were located at the commencement of such proceeding, for the purpose of liquidating an estate, adjusting debts by composition, extension, or discharge, or effecting a reorganization;


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