HomeTermsCompareFinance Trustee In BankruptcyThe definition for Trustee In Bankruptcy:One appointed by a bankruptcy court, and in whom the property of the bankrupt vests. The trustee holds the property in trust, not for the bankrupt, but for the creditors. Similar MatchesBankruptcyBankruptcyProceedings under federal bankruptcy statutes to relieve a debtor (bankrupt) from insurmountable debt. The bankrupt's property is distributed by the court to the creditors as full satisfactions of the debts, in accordance with certain priorities and exemptions. Voluntary bankruptcy is petitioned by the debtor for, involuntary by the creditors. Click to compare definitions of Trustee In Bankruptcy Click to view definitions beginning tr |