fiduciary

  • 21fiduciary — Denoting a person who holds property in trust or as an executor. Persons acting in a fiduciary capacity do so not for their own profit but to safeguard the interests of some other person or persons …

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  • 22fiduciary — /fɪ dju:ʃjəri/ noun, adjective ● Directors have fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the company …

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  • 23fiduciary relationship — fiduciary re·la·tion·ship n: a relationship in which one party places special trust, confidence, and reliance in and is influenced by another who has a fiduciary duty to act for the benefit of the party – called also confidential relationship,… …

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  • 24fiduciary duty — see duty Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fiduciary duty n. Th …

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  • 25fiduciary out — USA An exception to the no shop covenant in a merger agreement. Generally, the board of directors of a public target company is subject to a heightened duty of care in a merger transaction and is charged with obtaining the highest value… …

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  • 26fiduciary duties — Directors owe duties to their company based on trustee principles. They must act honestly to protect its assets and not enrich themselves unduly at its expense. If they fail, the company may have a claim against them. Easyform Glossary of Law… …

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  • 27fiduciary duty — ➔ duty …

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  • 28fiduciary shield doctrine — n: a doctrine barring a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant as an individual if the acts for which the defendant is being sued were performed in his or her capacity as a corporate agent or employee Merriam… …

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  • 29fiduciary capacity — n. The condition of acting, transacting business, or handling money on behalf of someone else. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 30fiduciary currency — index check (instrument) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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