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trustees

trustees is the plural of trustee.

Meaning of trustee

Noun

trustee (plural trustees)

  1. (trust law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
    • The trust property is now managed by a trustee who holds formal title to the asset; the trustee can sell it, but only for the benefit of the beneficiary, and he must replace it with like assets.2020, Katharina Pistor, “2: Coding Land”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN
  2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

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What is trustees the plural of?
Trustees is the plural of trustee.

Words near trustees in the dictionary

  1. trustee stock
  2. trustee stocks
  3. trusteed
  4. trusteeing
  5. trusteeism
  6. trustees
  7. trustees de son tort
  8. trusteeship
  9. trusteeships
  10. truster
  11. trusters

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