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In general, the liability to pay money arising out of a contract constitutes a "debt" for purposes of this section. | In general, the liability to pay money arising out of a contract constitutes a "debt" for purposes of this section. | ||
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* ''Dixon v. State'', 2 Tex. 482, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/2_Tex._482.pdf#page=2 483] (1847) ("It is not to be supposed, and it will scarcely be contended, that it ever entered into the minds of the framers of the Constitution, that they were to be understood as having any application to the administration of the criminal laws; or that they were to have the effect to prevent the punishment of crimes. It was well known to them that the abolition of imprisonment for debt in other States, where it had been effected, had been held to consist with the enactment of laws for the punishment by imprisonment of criminal frauds perpetrated to avoid the payment of debts.") | * ''Dixon v. State'', 2 Tex. 482, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/2_Tex._482.pdf#page=2 483] (1847) ("It is not to be supposed, and it will scarcely be contended, that it ever entered into the minds of the framers of the Constitution, that they were to be understood as having any application to the administration of the criminal laws; or that they were to have the effect to prevent the punishment of crimes. It was well known to them that the abolition of imprisonment for debt in other States, where it had been effected, had been held to consist with the enactment of laws for the punishment by imprisonment of criminal frauds perpetrated to avoid the payment of debts.") | ||
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