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Webster 1913 Edition
Trustee
Trus-tee′
,Noun.
(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′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To commit (property) to the care of a trustee;
as, to
. trustee
an estate2.
(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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Trustee
TRUSTEE'
,Adj.
1.
A person to whom is confided the management of an institution; as the trustees of a college or of an academy.Definition 2024
trustee
trustee
English
Noun
trustee (plural trustees)
- 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
- a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Derived terms
- board of trustees
- public trustee
Translations
person to whom property is legally committed in trust
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Verb
trustee (third-person singular simple present trustees, present participle trusteeing, simple past and past participle trusteed)
- To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
- To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.