Claim Definition

    Under Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the word "claim" means: (a) a right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured; or (b) a right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.  Because of this broad definition, acts or omissions of the Debtors that arose before October 5, 2000 may give rise to claims against them notwithstanding that such claims may not have matured or become fixed or liquidated prior to such date.