Receiver
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who receives money to the use of another to render an account.
Story, Eq. Jur. § 446.
A person standing indifferent between the parties, who is appointed by the court to take the charge and management of property pending litigation, or for the benefit of the persons who may ultimately be entitled to it.
16 Wend. (N. Y.) 421; 80 111. 468.
Receivers are appointed in various proceedings and for various special purposes, but the general design of a receiver is to hold and protect the subject of litigation, whether it be specific property, or the assets of an insolvent. RECEIVER GENERAL OF THE DUCHY of Lancaster. An officer of the duchy court, who collects all the revenues, fines, forfeitures, and assessments within the duchy. RECEIVER GENERAL OF THE PUBLIC revenue.
In English law
An officer appointed in every county to receive the taxes granted by parliament, and remit the money to the treasury.