trustee
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefitSynonyms: legal guardian
- members of a governing boardSynonyms: regent
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Trustee \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. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, v. t.
1.To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]