1 An insolvent fuel company is managed by a court-appointed receiver.  A U.S. District Judge appointed a receiver for the multi-level marketing company Equinox International in August 1999. As of 2007, the receiver was authorized to distribute settlement funds from the now-defunct company to approved claimants.
OFFICER. He who is lawfully invested with an office. 2. Officers may be classed into, 1. Executive; as the president of the United States of America, the several governors of the different states.
Generally speaking, a lawful order is one that a police officer can legally issue and enforce. That's very circular logic, but it's the easiest way to explain it. Let's start with the process, without getting into any details: You and a police officer are in the same area.