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LEGAL GUARDIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legal guardian mean? 

LEGAL GUARDIAN (noun)
  The noun LEGAL GUARDIAN has 1 sense:

1. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefitplay

  Familiarity information: LEGAL GUARDIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGAL GUARDIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

legal guardian; trustee

Hypernyms ("legal guardian" is a kind of...):

fiduciary (a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)


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