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receivership

[ ri-see-ver-ship ]

noun

Law.
  1. the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
  2. the position or function of being a receiver in charge of administering the property of others.


receivership

/ ɪˈːəʃɪ /

noun

  1. the office or function of a receiver
  2. the condition of being administered by a receiver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of receivership1

First recorded in 1475–85; receiver + -ship
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More than five years on, one of the JaeVee subsidiary companies developing the sites is in administration and the other is in receivership.

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Gold Flora, a Southern California-based cannabis company that operates 16 dispensaries statewide, is seeking to sell its assets through a receivership, the latest sign of distress in the weed industry.

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“Nobody elected the court, nobody elected the receivership,” he said.

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Staley and other tenants said the Produce had deteriorated over the previous two weeks since the building had been sold out of receivership to Beverly Hills developer Leo Pustilnikov.

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County Administrator James Morris said the new high school is an example of the rapid progress the district is making to pull itself out of receivership.

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