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Webster 1913 Edition
Syndic
Syn′dic
,Noun.
[L.
syndictus
, Gr. [GREEK] helping in a court of justice, advocate; σύν
with + [GREEK] justice, akin to [GREEK] to show: cf. F. syndic
. See Teach
.] 1.
An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.
2.
(Law)
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
☞ In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university, and the like, have their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng., has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Syndic
SYN'DIC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
syndic
syndic
English
Alternative forms
- syndick (obsolete)
Noun
syndic (plural syndics)
- A government official, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva.
- 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers:
- ‘To-morrow, after the midday prayer, mount an ass and make for the Habbānīyah quarter and there enquire for the house of the syndic Barakah, known as Abū Shāmah.’
- 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers:
- (law) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
- In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
- The University of Cambridge has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin syndicus ‘delegate of a corporation’, from Ancient Greek συνδικος ‘defendant’s advocate’, from συν− + the base of δικη ‘judgement’, δεικνυσθαι ‘show’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃dik/
Noun
syndic m (plural syndics)
- a syndic