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Definition of Trust company

1. Noun. An organization (usually with a commercial bank) that is engaged as a trustee or fiduciary or agent in handling trust funds or estates of custodial arrangements or stock transfers or related services.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trust Company

Literary usage of Trust company

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

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"The attorneys for the complainants were attorneys for the New Orleans Company and the Union trust company. There were false allegations In the bill, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The contract for the sale and •delivery of the pulpwood was authorized and approved by the Metropolitan trust company, which corporation was the owner of ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The real development of the trust company began along in the nineties, ... Beginning in 1903, The United States Mortgage and trust company of New York has ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"... submitted the cause for the Union trust company et al.: The placing of property in a room leased to, and kept by, a vendee, pledgee, or warehouseman, ..."

5. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"200 Commercial trust company, Philadelphia. 1000 Delaware & Hudson Company. ... 250 Standard trust company. 1000 Southern Railway Company, preferred. ..."

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