bankruptcy order

British  

noun

1. Former name: receiving order.  a court order appointing a receiver to manage the property of a debtor or bankrupt

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Example Sentences

Mr Castleton is seeking both the civil judgement and the bankruptcy order against him to be set aside on these grounds.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

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.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

She refused to adjourn the case for another 28 days and announced a bankruptcy order.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2017

In one case last year, a German sports photographer had a bankruptcy order against him annulled after it emerged that he still lived in Germany and did not even own a camera.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2013

However, five years of work to restore it came to an end with Mr Hunt's bankruptcy order.

From BBC • May 24, 2011