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bankruptcy order

noun

  1. a court order appointing a receiver to manage the property of a debtor or bankrupt Former namereceiving order
“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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"There is a substantial debt due from Ms Price to HMRC, and therefore I will make a bankruptcy order."

From BBC

Yet any time a judicial decision like a bankruptcy order binds a party who isn’t involved in a given case, it raises the question of whether that party’s basic constitutional property rights have been respected.

A bankruptcy order was made against the Windsor MP at an online hearing in the Insolvency and Companies Court on Tuesday.

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The former tennis champion was made bankrupt in connection with a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co, and under the terms of the bankruptcy order, he was bound to provide full disclosure of assets.

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A man has been given a six-year bankruptcy order after spending most of a £50,000 Covid loan on drugs.

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