fiduciary

  • 1fiduciary — fi·du·cia·ry 1 /fə dü shə rē, dyü , shē ˌer ē/ n pl ries: one often in a position of authority who obligates himself or herself to act on behalf of another (as in managing money or property) and assumes a duty to act in good faith and with care,… …

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  • 2fiduciary — one who is entrusted with duties on behalf of another. The law requires the highest level of good faith, loyalty and diligence of a fiduciary, higher than the common duty of care that we all owe one another. The debtor in possession in a Chapter… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 3Fiduciary — Fi*du ci*a*ry (? or ?), a. [L. fiduciarus, fr. fiducia: cf. F. fiduciaire. See {Fiducial}.] 1. Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity. Fiduciary obedience. Howell. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4fiduciary — [fi do͞o′shē er΄ē, fidyo͞o′shē er΄ē; fi do͞o′shē ə rē, fi dyo͞o′shē ə rē, fi do͞o′shəə rē, fi dyo͞o′shə rē] adj. [L fiduciarius < fiducia, trust, thing held in trust < fidere, to trust: see FAITH] 1. designating or of a person who holds… …

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  • 5Fiduciary — Fi*du ci*a*ry, n. 1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee. [1913 Webster] Instrumental to the conveying God s blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6fiduciary — (adj.) 1630s, from L. fiduciarius (holding) in trust, from fiducia trust from root of fidere to trust (see FAITH (Cf. faith)). In Roman law, fiducia was a right transferred in trust; paper currency sense (1878) is because its value depends on the …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7Fiduciary — One party, for example a corporate trust company or the trust department of a bank, holds a fiduciary relation or acts in a fiduciary capacity to another, such as one whose funds are entrusted to it for investment. In a fiduciary relation one… …

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  • 8fiduciary — /fad(y)uwsh(iy)ary/ The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (as a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that of a trustee, in respect to the trust and confidence involved in it and the scrupulous …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9fiduciary — /fad(y)uwsh(iy)ary/ The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (as a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that of a trustee, in respect to the trust and confidence involved in it and the scrupulous …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10fiduciary — One who must act for the benefit of another party. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. fiduciary fi‧du‧ci‧a‧ry 1 [fɪˈduːʆiəri ǁ eri] noun fiduciaries PLURALFORM 1. [countable] LAW someone who is responsible for the assets of people,… …

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