premise: if a receiver or <mask> for any such partnership or corporation has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior to the date of payment , payment shall be made to such receiver or <mask> in accordance with the order of the court ;
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit