Receivership

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Receivership \Re*ceiv"er*ship\, n.
     The state or office of a receiver.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  receivership
       n 1: the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver;
            "the business is in receivership"
       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
       3: the office of a receiver