trustee
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Torossian explained due to Mason's health conditions, a 'god man' - a legally appointed trustee - was given power of attorney to look after her dad's affairs.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
If your niece’s mother lives there rent-free, the trustee should be comfortable that doing so benefits your niece and there should be no rules forbidding it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Under the supervision of the commission, an independent trustee will monitor their implementation," it added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Under Australian law, employers and unions appoint directors to ISF trustee boards under what is called the equal representation model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ahead of us a prison trustee was unlocking the door to a cell.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Chandrasekaran's resignation, which comes days ahead of Tata Sons' annual general meeting, points to tensions that have been playing out for months after a boardroom power battle erupted between trustees.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ohio’s attorney general last year filed a complaint against 14 trustees and officers of the college alleging they improperly used more than $2 million of restricted endowment funds outside donors’ intended purposes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Vinita Prabhakar filed a federal lawsuit against South Florida State College President Fred Hawkins and the school’s board of trustees, arguing her dismissal violated her First Amendment rights and academic freedom.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
She’s on this board of trustees thing, which I don’t even know what it is but apparently it’s a big deal.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
It marked a stark change from April 2016, when the university’s board of trusteed voted to keep the former president’s name on campus buildings and programs.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
International retained its property rights in the trusteed New England shares and holds title to its Canadian power system.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to President Batten & friends this right belongs to N. W. Ayer, the corporation, as owner of 117,000 trusteed shares.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We trusteed and trusteed and trusteed," reported the President after the board meeting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two-thirds of the common stock has been trusteed to Robert De Forest, Haven Emereon, and myself to be used for philanthropic purposes when dividends are available, which is not yet the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
She informed the executors that she wished to make over half her property to the old man, trusteeing it so that it should descend to his nephew.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
I know that I registered a vow that I would never again be trustee of anything without trusteeing it in fact.
From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
Vocabulary lists containing trustee
The Inheritance Games
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The Legislative Branch, Sections 1–3
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Legal Lingo, List 3
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