Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Trustee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, v. t.
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) 1.7 (wn)
trustee
n 1: a person 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}]
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