trusteeship
- noun
- /trʌsˈtiːʃɪp/
:
cargo de fideicomisario
- The university appointed him to a trusteeship position to oversee the allocation of funds for student scholarships.
Examples
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Generations of Republican judges, 15 political theorists, 16 and legal theorists have invoked private fiduciary relationships such as guardianship, agency, and trusteeship to explain by analogy how state authority can be reconciled with individual liberty.
Academic text (2017) -
Hence, the Freemasons insisted upon inclusion of the Masonic principles of the rights of man and the majesty of law; the moral trusteeship of private property and public office; education of the people; the lifting of poverty through self-help; and human welfare.
Academic text (1993) -
The Cardinals of the Sacred College have assumed trusteeship... ...over the church until a new pope is elected.
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The corporation enacted only three laws during the twenty-year period of the trusteeship.
Academic text (2009) -
While he gladly accepted the honor of a trusteeship of the British Museum in 1922, he declined a knighthood when it was offered to him that same year.
Academic text (2005) -
32 Following the principle of constructive trusteeship, they can nominate or appoint community leaders to act as trustees; or, following the principle of higher trust, they can allow their government to hold those rights in trust for them.
Academic text (1996) -
The same rights and responsibilities with regard to guardianship, wardship, trusteeship, and adoption of children. (Paragraph f)
Academic text (1992) -
For instance, although it was obvious when American troops hit the Somali beaches that the country was essentially being taken over, no one seriously considered trusteeship or any similar legal approach; the fiction that Somalia was still a sovereign state was perpetuated.
Academic text (1996) -
Although the trusteeship idea might sound complicated and costly, the sums of money involved in restoring African states to health will be small—far less than what is now pouring into Iraq or is given as aid to a range of other countries.
Academic text (2005) -
During her trusteeship of the community center, she implemented programs to support local families.
Synonyms
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5.6
The job of looking after property or affairs for others
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7.0
The job of looking after and managing things like property, records, or a building
Compounds
- Formal
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7.0
A United Nations body that helped trust territories prepare to govern themselves
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trusteeship comes from trustee ('someone you trust to manage things') and -ship (like in friendship) meaning 'position' or 'role'. So trusteeship is the job or duties of a trustee — being responsible for other people's property or affairs.