trustee
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You mentioned the kids’ uncle will take on the role of trustee, with the option of it being managed professionally if he’s not up for the task.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
In his filings, he accused successor trustee Paul Kanin of failing to pay out cash Reiner claims he was owed as far back as fall 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
For some families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
This same trustee was also charged with recording my temperature each time he came.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
For generations college trustees were primarily institutional caretakers focused on preservation and continuity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It said that trustees had "listened carefully to feedback" and recognised the "clear need for change".
From BBC ● 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
If Congress does not act, the program’s trust funds could run out of money by 2032, the latest trustees report said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
But surely the new board of trustees could not have altered things so much, so quickly?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
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
The National Association of Manufacturers notes that scandals have centered in labor and jointly controlled welfare funds, insists that trusteed company pension plans should be left alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
General de Gaulle had already made it plain that France intended to be not one of the trusteed but one of the trustees.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is suing Washington's Riggs National Bank to recover $200,000 trusteed there for Mrs. Barnett out of the "donation" made to her.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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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