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/lˈɪkwɪdˌeɪtər/ Listen

noun

Liquidator n.

One who, or that which, liquidates.

An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. (Eng.)

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... adoption of a particular rule of liability or of procedure, exclude from its courts a suit on a judgment;[23] and (5) that similarly, tort claimants in State A, who obtain a judgment against a foreign insurance company, notwithstanding that, prior to judgment, domiciliary State B appointed a liquidator for the company, vested company assets in him, and ordered suits against the company stayed, are entitled to have such judgment recognized in State B for purposes of determining the amount of their claim, although not for determination of what priority, ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... remainder of this stolen money to her lover, they thought it well to stop her and the money, to which they believed they had a right—Lemarchand as Allain's friend and creditor, Placene in his capacity of cashier to the Chouans. The lawyer Vannier, as liquidator of Le Chevalier's debts, had offered to keep Mme. Acquet prisoner until they had succeeded in extorting the whole ...

— The House of the Combrays • G. le Notre