Provisional Assignees
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those who, under the old bankruptcy practice of England, were appointed to take charge of bankrupt estates until the creditors' assignees were appointed.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A temporary assignee in bankruptcy.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the former practice in bankruptcy in England. Assignees to whom the property of a bankrupt was assigned until the regular or permanent assignees were appointed by the creditors.
Defined under Provisional in Black's Law Dictionary.