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HINDER AND DELAY Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To hinder and delay is to do something which is au attempt todefraud, rather than a successful fraud; to put some obstacle in the path, or interposesome time, unjustifiably, before the creditor can realize what is owed out of his debtor’sproperty. See Walker v. Sayers, 5 Bush (Ky.) 582; Burdick v. Post, 12 Barb. (N. Y.) ISO;Crow v. Beardsley, GS Mo. 439; Burn- ham v. Brennan, 42 N. Y. Super. Ct. 03.

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