bankruptcy order

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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"There is a substantial debt due from Ms Price to HMRC, and therefore I will make a bankruptcy order."

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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.

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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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