receivership
English Thesaurus
1. the office of a receiver (noun.act)
2. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings, |
| definition | : | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | state, |
| definition | : | the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops) |
4. the office of a receiver (noun.act)
| derivation | : | liquidator, receiver, liquidator, receiver, liquidator, receiver, |
| definition | : | (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | liquidator, receiver, liquidator, receiver, liquidator, receiver, |
| definition | : | (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties (noun.person) |
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