484. In this division,
“creditor” of a particular person includes a person to whom the particular person is obligated to pay an amount under a hypothecary claim, mortgage or similar obligation and, where property was sold to the particular person under a conditional sales agreement, the seller of the property, or any assignee of the obligation with respect to the agreement;
“debt” includes an obligation to pay an amount under a hypothecary claim, mortgage or similar obligation or under a conditional sales agreement;
“person” includes a partnership;
“property” does not include any sum of money, or debt owed by or guaranteed by the government of a country, or a province, state, or other political subdivision of that country;
“specified amount” at any time of a debt owed or assumed by a person means the unpaid principal amount of the debt at that time and unpaid interest accrued to that time on the debt.
1972, c. 23, s. 384; 1984, c. 15, s. 103; 1993, c. 16, s. 195; 1996, c. 39, s. 138; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 2005, c. 1, s. 111.