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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, verb (used with an object)
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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trustee
noun
1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: {legal guardian}]
2: members of a governing board [syn: {regent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "trustee": accepter, accountant, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, comptroller, consignee, controller, curator, depositary, depository, fiduciary, financial officer, getter, hearer, holder, liquidator, listener, looker, obtainer, payee, paymaster, procurer, purse bearer, purser, receiver, recipient, spectator, steward, taker, treasurer, viewer
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