Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SUBSTANTIVE CONSOLIDATION
  
  the combination of the estate of one debtor with the estate of one or more other debtors and the application of the combined estate to satisfy their combined liabilities. Substantive consolidation is often considered (although infrequently applied) in the case of parent/subsidiary debtors and other affiliated entities.
  
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