Catalogue description Chancery, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Receivers' Accounts

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Reference: C 30
Title: Chancery, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Receivers' Accounts
Description:

Accounts of receivers appointed by the court for the protection or collection of property, in actions concerning the administration of estates of deceased persons or the dissolution of partnerships.

Also included are accounts of official liquidators in company winding-up proceedings under the Companies Acts of 1862 and 1867.

Date: 1859-1901
Arrangement:

The series is divided into two. Both are arranged alphabetically by the title of the cause or matter.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 3784 bundle(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

In rendering accounts to the court, receivers and liquidators were required to submit them in duplicate. After certification by the chief clerk, one copy was deposited in the Record and Writ Clerks' Office, while the other remained in the court for return to the solicitor concerned, if requested.

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