Glossary
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180 terms · 17 topics
Overview
The whole glossaryLook it up where your case stands
The terms follow the course of a case rather than the alphabet. If your claim is 40 days old, the third node is the one you need.
- Day 0
The invoice and the basis of the claim
What the claim rests on
All 8 terms - Days 1–30
The reminder process
The first three letters
3 terms - Along the way
Agreements along the way
When you reach common ground
All 6 terms - Day 40+
The legal track
From claim to judgment
All 15 terms - After judgment
The bailiff’s court
When the judgment has to turn into money
All 16 terms - Last resort
Insolvency and bankruptcy
When there is no money
All 20 terms
Index
180 entriesThe whole glossary
Every term in alphabetical order. The search field at the top cuts into the list as you type — and each entry carries the rate, the deadline and the statutory provision.
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A
- Ability to pay (betalingsevne)
- Account reconciliation (kontoafstemning)
- Acknowledgement of debt (anerkendelse af gæld)
- Aftaleloven (the Danish Contracts Act)
- Aged debtors report (aldersfordelt saldoliste)
- Aging bucket
- API-based case creation (API-baseret sagsoprettelse)
- Appeal (anke)
- Arrears (restance)
- Assignment of a claim (transport af fordring)
- Attachment (udlæg)
- Attachment of movables (udlæg i løsøre)
- Attachment of real property (udlæg i fast ejendom)
- Attachment of wages and receivables (udlæg i lønkrav og fordringer)
- Attachment proceedings (udlægsforretning)
- Avoidance (omstødelse)
B
C
- Cash application
- CEI
- Charge over receivables (fordringspant)
- Choice of law (lovvalg)
- Claim (fordring)
- Claims portfolio (fordringsportefølje)
- Client account (klientkonto)
- Collection case (inkassosag)
- Collection fee (inkassosalær)
- Company form and liability (selskabsform og hæftelse)
- Compensation fee (kompensationsgebyr)
- Compound interest (renters rente)
- Compulsory auction (tvangsauktion)
- Compulsory dissolution (tvangsopløsning)
- Contractual basis (aftalegrundlag)
- Court appearance and legal costs (møde- og advokatomkostninger)
- Court fee (retsafgift)
- Court settlement (retsforlig)
- Credit assessment (kreditvurdering)
- Credit insurance (kreditforsikring)
- Credit limit (kreditgrænse)
- Credit monitoring (kreditovervågning)
- Credit policy (kreditpolitik)
- Credit reference agency (kreditoplysningsbureau)
- Credit report (kreditrapport)
- Creditor (kreditor)
- Creditors' meeting (kreditormøde)
- Currency risk (valutakursrisiko)
- Cut-off date (fristdag)
- CVR number (CVR-nummer)
D
- Data cleansing (datavask)
- Debt collection (inkasso)
- Debt collection licence (inkassobevis)
- Debt forgiveness (gældseftergivelse)
- Debt purchase (fordringskøb)
- Debtor (debitor)
- Debtor monitoring (overvågning af skyldner)
- Debtor segmentation (debitorsegmentering)
- Declaration of insolvency (insolvenserklæring)
- Default (misligholdelse)
- Default interest (morarente)
- Default listing (betalingsanmærkning)
- Deferral of payment (henstand)
- Digital bookkeeping system
- Digital service (digital forkyndelse)
- Dividend (dividende)
- DSO
- Due date (forfaldsdato)
E
- Enforceable instrument (eksekutionsgrundlag)
- Enforcement hearing (fogedforretning)
- Enforcement of a foreign judgment (fuldbyrdelse af udenlandsk dom)
- Erhvervslejeloven (the Danish Commercial Leases Act)
- ERP integration
- Estate claim (massekrav)
- Estate of a deceased person (dødsbo)
- European order for payment
- Eviction proceedings (udsættelsesforretning)
- Exemption for necessities (trangsbeneficiet)
F
G
I
- In-house debt collection (egeninkasso)
- Inkassoloven (the Danish Debt Collection Act)
- Instalment plan (afdragsordning)
- Insurance collection (forsikringsinkasso)
- Interlocutory appeal (kære)
- International debt collection (international inkasso)
- Interruption of limitation (afbrydelse af forældelse)
- Invoice (faktura)
- Invoice date (fakturadato)
- Invoice documentation (fakturagrundlag)
J
L
O
P
- Part payment (delbetaling)
- Payment order (betalingspåkrav)
- Payment terms (betalingsbetingelser)
- Personal liability (personlig hæftelse)
- Possessory pledge (håndpant)
- Preferential claim (privilegeret krav)
- Principal (hovedstol)
- Production by the police (politifremstilling)
- Promissory note (gældsbrev)
- Proper debt collection practice (god inkassoskik)
- Provision for bad debt (hensættelse til tab)
- Provisional interruption (foreløbig afbrydelse)
- Public sector claims (offentlige fordringer)
R
- Receivables management (debitorstyring)
- Recourse (regres)
- Recovery of collection costs (omkostningsdækning)
- Recovery rate (inddrivelsesgrad)
- Reminder cadence (rykkerkadence)
- Reminder fee (rykkergebyr)
- Reminder letter (rykkerskrivelse)
- Rent arrears collection (huslejeinkasso)
- Renteloven (the Danish Interest Act)
- Restructuring (rekonstruktion)
- Retention of title (ejendomsforbehold)
- Retsplejeloven (the Danish Administration of Justice Act)
- Right of retention (tilbageholdsret)
- RKI (Danish credit register)
S
- Security (sikkerhedsstillelse)
- Security interest (pant)
- Serial bankrupt (konkursrytter)
- Service of process (forkyndelse)
- Servicing
- Set-off (modregning)
- Skifteretten (the bankruptcy and probate court)
- SLA in debt collection
- Small claims procedure (småsagsproces)
- Statement of interest (rentenota)
- Statstidende (the Danish official gazette)
- Statutory debt relief (gældssanering)
- Straight-through collection (straight-through-inddrivelse)
- Subordinated claim (efterstillet krav)
- Subscription collection (abonnementsinkasso)
- Summons to the bailiff's court (tilsigelse)
- Suspension of payments (betalingsstandsning)
T
- The 10-year limitation period (den 10-årige frist)
- The 6-month rule (6-måneders reglen)
- The bailiff's court (fogedretten)
- The bailiff's court record (fogedbog)
- The courts' case portal (domstolenes sagsportal)
- The European Small Claims Procedure (small claims-forordningen)
- The Late Payment Directive (sen betalings-direktivet)
- The Limitation Act (forældelsesloven)
- The statutory interest rate (rentesats efter renteloven)
- Third-party debt collection (fremmedinkasso)
- Time of delivery (leveringstidspunkt)
- Trustee in bankruptcy (kurator)
Resources
It all hangs together
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