escrow

The president said that a BP “evergreen” escrow would be set up for claims and will be managed by a third party.

"An escrow of a billion-plus is only a down payment of the potential costs," said Miller.

Understand—all money that comes from the mine is held in escrow until this case is decided.

It must still remain in escrow as the bond of Harry until the case was decided, and that might mean years.

This would have meant forfeiting her marriage settlement and the sum that was in escrow.