01.03.09
Did You Know?
The word “bankrupt” originally came from Italy, deriving from banca rotta, or broken bench. When a medieval moneylender could not pay his debts, his bench was broken in two, sometimes over his head.
Bird, Svendsen, Brothers, Scheske & Pattison, P.C.’s Law Blog
The word “bankrupt” originally came from Italy, deriving from banca rotta, or broken bench. When a medieval moneylender could not pay his debts, his bench was broken in two, sometimes over his head.