Found 2 items, similar to fiduciary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fiduciary
fiduciary
adj : relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the
holding of something in trust for another);
“a
fiduciary contract”;
“in a fiduciary capacity”;
“fiducial power” [syn:
fiducial]
fiduciary
n : a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary;
“it is
illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for
personal gain”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fiduciary
Fiduciary
\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.
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2. Holding, held, or founded, in trust. --Spelman.
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Fiduciary
\Fi*du"ci*a*ry\, n.
1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
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Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon
those whose fiduciaries they are. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without
works; an Antinomian. --Hammond.
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