/ɹɪsiˈvɚʃɪˌps/ - [riseeverships] -
We found 3 definitions of receiverships from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: receiverships |
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receivership - 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 | ||
legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | ||
jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
receivership - the office of a receiver | ||
berth, billet, situation, office, post, spot, place, position a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers | ||
receivership - the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver; "the business is in receivership" | ||
state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |