receivership

receivership
The means of reaching a legitimate end through the exercise of the equitable power of the court or under statutory authorization by appointing one known as a receiver with property to seize and take custody of property. An ancillary remedy, sometimes in the nature of a provisional remedy, whereby the preservation of property in litigation is accomplished by placing it in the possession of a receiver appointed by the court. Pereira v Wulf, 83 Mont 343, 272 P 532. All equitable remedy for the dissolution or reorganization of a corporation in financial distress.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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