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The contribution analyzes the bankruptcy proceedings that took place in the Ljubljana Provincial Court between 1900 and 1918. The usual course of the bankruptcy proceedings and its phases are reconstructed mainly on the basis of the court documents. The introduction lists the reasons that drove private individuals and entrepreneurs into bankruptcy, which is followed by the declaration of bankruptcy, choosing bankruptcy commissioner and administrator, the position of creditors, ways of achieving the maximum possible value of the bankruptcy estate, the distribution of the estate and the conclusion of the proceeding. Quotations from court files provide insight into the many problems faced by all involved in these proceedings, from the non-cooperation of debtors and low quotas to the First World War.