receiving order —(legal) an order from a court which protects the debtor’s property and prevents creditors from suing him without the permission of the court:
- On 23 May 1983 a receiving order was made, and on 11 November 1983 Mr. Dennis was adjudicated bankrupt.
reception order —(legal) the official order required for detention of a person in a mental hospital:
- The Reception Order of a justice is sufficient authority to take the patient to, and to receive him in an asylum, or to detain him there.