Administrative receivership differs from simple receivership in that an administrative receiver is appointed over all of the assets and undertaking of the company. This means that an administrative receiver can normally only be appointed by the holder of a floating charge.
â¢ In US, a sheriff is a police officer but not all police officers are sheriffs. â¢ A sheriff is the highest law enforcing officer in a county and is an elected official. â¢ The officers performing law enforcement duty from the office of a sheriff are called deputy sheriffs.
Officer in charge is just a general term used to describe the officer who has authority over a specific situation. It can refer to many thing - an officer in charge of a specific criminal or traffic case, the officer who is in charge of a division's station house at a specific point in time, or even a command officer in charge of a specific event. This term does not reflect or describe any one specific rank.