211.—Keep house. The English bankrupt laws use the phrase “keeping house” to denote an act of bankruptcy. It is committed when a trader absents himself from his place of business and retires to his private residence to evade the importunity of creditors. The usual evidence of “keeping house’ is refusal to see a creditor who has called on the debtor at his house for money. Robs. Bankr. 119.—Keep in repair. hen a lessee is bound to keep the premises in repair, he must have them in repair at all times during the term; and, if they are at any time out of repair, he is guilty of a breach of the covenant.