Judicial Dissolution
A court-ordered dissolution of a business entity. In California, available under Corp Code §1800 (corporations) or when an LLC's members are deadlocked. The nuclear option — expensive, slow, and destructive to value. Courts will sometimes order a buyout instead of dissolution.
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