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.
Definition of rain. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to send down rain. 3  2 : to fall as water in drops from the clouds.  3 : to fall like rain soot and ash rained 1  down. transitive verb.  1 : to pour 1  down. 2 : to give or administer abundantly rained blows on his  head.