About The Word Trustee
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Trustee
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What's The Definition Of Trustee?
[n] members of a governing board
[n] a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit Synonyms | Synonyms for Trustee: legal guardian | regent Related Terms | Find terms related to Trustee: See Also | committee member | fiduciary | governing board Trustee In Webster's Dictionary \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to
be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals,
or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for
the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the
effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
{Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may
attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the
hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the
{process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or
{factorizing process}. [U. S.]
\Trus*tee"\, v. t. 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate. 2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. [U. S.] |
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