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/rɪsˈivərʃˌɪp/ /risˈivərʃˌɪp/ Listen

Receivership

noun

The state of property that is in the hands of a receiver.

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.

The office of a receiver.

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"Receivership" Quotes from Famous Books

... which will finally be accepted as authoritative. The situation is admittedly dangerous; and it is imperative that a speedy remedy be sought; for the heirs and assigns of an estate which has been mismanaged to the brink of bankruptcy must secure at all costs that no public receivership is made. ...

— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale

... were at the time litigants in his court, although it was conceded that in so doing he had not committed an indictable offense;[486] and in 1936 Judge Ritter of the Florida district court was similarly removed for conduct in relation to a receivership case which evoked serious doubts as to his integrity, although on the specific charges against him he was acquitted.[487] It is probable that in both these instances the final result was influenced ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... General Secretary, Chardin des Lupeaulx, through the medium of the latter's debts and the fact of his being candidate for deputy. [The Government Clerks.] Bidault was shrewd enough; he saw through—and much to his profit—the pretended speculation involved in the third receivership which was operated by Nucingen in 1826. [The Firm of Nucingen.] In 1833 M. du Tillet advised Nathan, then financially stranded, to apply to Gigonnet, the object being to involve Nathan. [A Daughter of Eve.] The nick-name of Gigonnet was applied to Bidault on account of a feverish, ...

— Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z • Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe