The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
(law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
(law) An estatedevised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another.
A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
(computing) Affirmation of the accessrights of a user of a computer system.
“Politically, they have roots that go back to the nineteenth century of American pastoralism and trustbusting, and of European social democracy and state regulation.”
“Politicians such as the trustbusting presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft crusaded against such corporate power. Since then that anti-corporate mood has never quite dissipated.”
“Much of the way Mr. Klein is trying to transform the system is rooted in his longtime career as an assistant United States attorney general and antitrust lawyer — he is still trustbusting.”
“The trustor appointed their attorney as the trustee to manage their assets and distribute them among their beneficiaries as per the terms of the trust.”
“At the end of the agreement, the trustee will have to transfer the assets he is holding to a beneficiary designated by the trustor.”
“The fiduciary transactions are based on the trust that the trustor lends to trustee.”
“Such a deal would be questionable, because most trustbusters look askance at one company dominating more than a third of a market.”
“While he declined to comment on specific remedies, he did say he thinks trustbusters can seek a punishment that covers new efforts to extend the company's monopoly.”
“While in that room, the UFCW got a chance to make the case that the trustbusters should take on Walmart.”