Meanings of foreign claims in English

The foreign claims were principally for damages during revolutions, violations of contract, failure of justice, false imprisonment, etc.

At the end of June, the domestic banks had foreign claims of €150 billion, figures from the Central Bank show.

The financial condition of that country remains unchanged, no means having been found for the final adjustment of pressing outstanding foreign claims.

In the final three months of last year, " foreign claims" of domestic banks declined by 6.5 per cent, falling by €13.6 billion to €194 billion.

Those claims, registered with the U.S. Justice Department's Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, are now worth roughly $8 billion when including 6.0 percent annual interest.