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 you do become trustee, you must follow the trust terms and act in your niece’s best interests — and resist being the receptacle for endless familial requests.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
He is a well-known civil litigator and University of La Verne trustee who formerly worked for the Southern California Assn. of Governments, a planning organization that represents six counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Under the supervision of the commission, an independent trustee will monitor their implementation," it added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Clothing over here!” a smiling prison trustee told me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It may be that both trustees have to sign off on certain decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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
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
Not of important men, not of trustees and such; for knowing now that there was nothing which I could expect from them, there was no reason to be afraid.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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
All the trusteed stock was voted in a block in favor of the plan, Trustee Thornley being unable to swing the other three trustees to his side.
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
Largest single block of trusteed Ayer stock-234,000 shares -was held by President Fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Already the Government has got back from the Chase National Bank with which it was trusteed, the half million dollars which Jackson Barnett gave the Baptist Home missions.
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
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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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