Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Insolvent \In*sol"vent\, a. [Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF.
   insolvent.] (Law)
      (a) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's
          debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in
          the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in
          insolvent debtor.
      (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as,
          an insolvent estate.
      (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.

   {Insolvent law}, or {Act of insolvency}, a law affording
      relief, -- subject to various modifications in different
      States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up
      their property for the benefit of their creditors. See
      {Bankrupt law}, under {Bankrupt}, a.