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Definition of Fiduciary

1. Adjective. Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another). "Fiducial power"

2. Noun. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary. "It is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

Definition of Fiduciary

1. n. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

Definition of Fiduciary

1. Adjective. (legal) Related to trusts and trustees. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee. ¹

4. Noun. (theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fiduciary

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Medical Definition of Fiduciary

1. 1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee. "Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are." (Jer. Taylor) 2. One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiduciary

fidging fidia fidibus fidibuses fidicinal fiding fidlam ben fidlam bens fido fidos

fids fiducial fiducially fiducials fiduciaries fiduciary (current term) fiduciary duty fiduciary relation fie fiedlerite

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Literary usage of Fiduciary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"Where one is acting in a representative and fiduciary capacity, equity demands that he seek only the profit and advantage of his principal. ..."

2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The word "fiduciary" expresses trust reposed—relations which involve the ... The bankrupt act of 1867 enlarged the meaning of the word "fiduciary" so that ..."

3. The Civil Law in Its Natural Order by Jean Domat (1850)
"had willingly paid ; and the pretext that the fiduciary bequest was not due ... If, a legatee being charged with a fiduciary bequest out of his legacy, ..."

4. A Treatise Upon the Law of Principal and Agent in Contract and Tort by William Evans (1888)
"fiduciary Position of Legal Ad risers In matters of contract 337 SECT. 4.—Directors and Promoters. I In respect of rendering service . ..."

5. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"If a trustee or other fiduciary person, in violation of his own duty, uses trust money to pay an ... fiduciary Persons Purchasing Property with Trost Fonds. ..."

6. Conflict of Laws, Or, Private International Law by Raleigh Colston Minor (1901)
"Dual Nature of fiduciary Status. — Under the head of " fiduciary Status " will be ... It must be carefully observed that every fiduciary occupies two ..."

7. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"... court of probate — is probably borrowed from the Roman praetor's jurisdiction over the same class of persons.633 §526 (4) fiduciary guardians (tutores ..."

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