A person taking administrative responsibility for the financial affairs of a bankrupt and the distribution of assets to creditors.
〔律〕破产财产管理人，破产财产受托人
Example sentencesExamples
Have you received the consent of the trustee in bankruptcy of your bankrupt estate to bring this application?
Several defendants were named, including the former trustee in bankruptcy.
Had he found out at that stage, it would have been clear that the estate was already in bankruptcy and in the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy.
On bankruptcy, the assets of the bankrupt vest in his trustee in bankruptcy whose duty is to realize these so far as possible to meet his debts.
This is an involuntary effect of the law relating to bankruptcy which transfers the bankrupt's interest to his trustee in bankruptcy when a bankruptcy order is made.
Definition of trustee in bankruptcy in US English:
trustee in bankruptcy
noun
Law
A person taking administrative responsibility for the financial affairs of a bankrupt and the distribution of assets to creditors.
〔律〕破产财产管理人，破产财产受托人
Example sentencesExamples
This is an involuntary effect of the law relating to bankruptcy which transfers the bankrupt's interest to his trustee in bankruptcy when a bankruptcy order is made.
Had he found out at that stage, it would have been clear that the estate was already in bankruptcy and in the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy.
On bankruptcy, the assets of the bankrupt vest in his trustee in bankruptcy whose duty is to realize these so far as possible to meet his debts.
Have you received the consent of the trustee in bankruptcy of your bankrupt estate to bring this application?
Several defendants were named, including the former trustee in bankruptcy.