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receivership definition

re·ceiv·er·ship (-s̸hip′)

noun

  1. Law the duties or office of a receiver
  2. the state of being administered or held by a receiver

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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