receivership

Other forms: receiverships

Definitions of receivership
  1. noun
    the office of a receiver
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    type of:
    berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
    a job in an organization
  2. noun
    the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver
    “the business is in receivership”
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    type of:
    state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  3. noun
    a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all
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    type of:
    legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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