The debts of Southerners to Northerners contracted before the war were confiscated by the Confederate government, but did not amount to a large figure.

This law covered debts contracted before the law was passed.

The debt we may contract doth not deserve our regard, if the work be but accomplished.

There would also be issues of whether debts contracted in euros could be converted to national currencies that might then depreciate against the euro.

M. Morrel paid the expenses of his funeral, and a few small debts the poor old man had contracted.

During the recession, officially dated from July 1990 to March 1991, such debt contracted slightly, producing the first sustained decline since the Depression.

Most Paris-club countries prefer the less generous 'enhanced Toronto terms', which cancel only half a poor country's debts contracted before a certain date.

In other words, a debt contracted against the will of the people and contrary to the interests of the people.

The debt contracted to pay for the war's expenses was finally paid back only in the 1970's.

Also, the debt contracted with the private banking sector was renegotiated and will be paid in full by 2010, and the wages were paid.