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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Trustee

/trŭsˌ-tē'/ · Trus·tee · IPA /tɹʌsˈtiː/
01 n. A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses;…
  1. 1.
    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.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Trustee process — 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.
02 v. t. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
  1. 1.
    To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
  2. 2.
    To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.(Law) [U. S.]