破产者经自愿请求或被债务人的债权人所请求，在法律上被判定为无偿债能力的债务人。该债务人的剩余财产交由债权人管理或在债权人之间分配

A debtor that, upon voluntary petition or one invoked by the debtor’s creditors, is judged legally insolvent. The debtor’s remaining property is then administered for the creditors or is distributed among them.