examinership
Britishnoun
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the office or function of an examiner
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the condition of being administered by an examiner
Example Sentences
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The examinership - akin to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process in the United States and administration in Britain - was the largest in Irish corporate history and saw nearly all of the company's junior debt wiped out.
From Reuters
Unlike administration, known as examinership in Ireland, receivership is not aimed at keeping the company operating as a going concern.
From The Guardian
Figures FGS compiled for the year show that just over 1,700 firms were forced into receivership, liquidation or examinership by creditors and the courts.
From The Guardian
Here he remained some months, lecturing and translating Plutarch for the book-sellers, until in 1853 the offer of an examinership in the Education Office brought him to London once more.
From Project Gutenberg
No action was taken against him, nor was his failure to obtain promotion to an Examinership due to anything but the slow progress involved in promotion by seniority.
From Project Gutenberg
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