examinership

British  

/ ɪɡˈzæmɪnəˌʃɪp /

noun

1. the office or function of an examiner

2. the condition of being administered by an examiner

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Example Sentences

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

When he retired from the examinership at London, students lost some of their old veneration for him, and when he married a second time, a Miss Barbara Something, they even ventured to make a logical joke on him, and say that he had been fascinated by Barbara's perfect figure.

From Project Gutenberg