Thesaurus: trustee

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1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
3. v. t. To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
4. n. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
5. n. members of a governing board
6. 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.] 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.]
7. A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to beapplied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or forpublic uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit ofanother; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another areattached in a trustee process. Trustee process (Law), a process bywhich a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits,in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, theprocess of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process.[U. S.]
8. n:100 n. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit