Collection efforts after bankruptcy are illegal. Pretty simple stuff, actually â if a debt is discharged, nobody can collect from you for ever and ever, amen. The trick is to know what happens if a creditor does, in fact, try to collect after bankruptcy. Are they breaking the bankruptcy laws and, if so, what is the penalty? Most courts have held that there is no private remedy for the violation of the discharge injunction. The remedy is by bringing a lawsuit for contempt of a court order, which leads to sanctions and an award of legal fees.
France signed preliminary articles of peace with Great Britain on January 20, 1783, followed by a formal peace of Paris signed on September 3, 1783. The illustration above, a copy of a sketch by the studio of Benjamin West, shows the American negotiators of the Peace of Paris.
Treaty of Alliance. Treaty of Paris. ended Revolutionary war, Signed by the United States and Spain in December 1898, this treaty ended the Spanish-American War. Under its terms, Spain recognized Cuba's independence and assumed the Cuban debt; it also ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. At the insistence of the U.S. representatives, Spain also ceded the Phillipines. The Senate ratified the treaty on February 6, 1899.