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Zorluk: Çok zorPartnership: Types, Deed, Rights, and Dissolution

A commercial receiver is executing the final liquidation of a dissolved general trading partnership pursuant to statutory commercial law provisions. In what precise sequence must the realized partnership assets be applied to settle the firm's financial obligations and distribution claims?

  1. 1Discharging debts and liabilities owed to external third-party creditors and trade suppliers.
  2. 2Refunding advances and personal loans made to the firm by partners beyond their subscribed capital.
  3. 3Repaying the capital contributions standing to the credit of each partner rateably.
  4. 4Dividing the remaining surplus balance among the partners in their agreed profit-sharing ratio.

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The correct statutory order for applying assets upon partnership dissolution is: first, paying external third-party debts; second, settling partner loans and advances; third, returning partner capital contributions; and fourth, distributing any remaining surplus according to the profit-sharing ratio.
Under statutory partnership law governing account settlements upon dissolution, assets realized during liquidation must follow a strict statutory hierarchy: 1) Paying debts to non-partner third parties; 2) Paying each partner rateably for loans/advances beyond capital; 3) Paying each partner rateably for capital contributions; 4) Distributing any remaining surplus according to the agreed profit-sharing ratio.

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1
Identify the primary obligation to non-partner creditors under commercial partnership law.
External debts to suppliers and institutions take absolute priority over internal claims.
Protecting third parties ensures commercial integrity and complies with statutory dissolution rules.
2
Distinguish between partner loan advances and equity capital.
Partner loans beyond capital are settled rateably in the second position.
Advances are treated as internal debt, ranking higher than capital accounts.
3
Determine the priority of returning subscribed capital to partners.
Partner capital accounts are paid rateably in the third position.
Capital is equity investment and can only be refunded after all liabilities and loans are cleared.
4
Allocate any residual funds remaining after all claims and capital returns.
The final residual surplus is shared among partners according to profit-sharing ratios.
Surplus assets represent accumulated net profit belonging to the partners.

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Settlement of Accounts upon Partnership Dissolution
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