A Chapter 7, or debt elimination, bankruptcy case is active until the court issues your final decree, the judgment that officially closes the case. The average Chapter 7 bankruptcy case remains active for around three to six months. The duration will depend on whether you had assets when you filed; a non-asset bankruptcy goes much faster.
Rain gauge. A rain gauge is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time.
The measuring cylinder (Figure 6.4) is transparent, and is graduated in units of precipitation. Rainwater entering through the receptacle accumulates in the storage bottle, and the precipitation amount is measured with the measuring glass. Rainwater that overflows from the storage bottle enters the storage vessel.