Trustee
Trustee , noun
(Law) 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.
Collocations (1)
Trustee process (Law) , 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. [United States]
Trustee , transitive verb
1.
To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
2.
(Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. [United States]