the right to be first or ahead of the rights or claims of others. In bankruptcy
law, the right to collect before other creditors is given to taxing authorities,
judgment holders, secured creditors, bankruptcy trustees and attorneys. The right
also can apply to mortgages, deeds of trusts or liens given priority in the order
they were recorded (in the "race to the courthouse").
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