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tutor

of Louisiana : a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation compare committee, conservator, curator tu·tor·ship n

appoint

appoint 1 : to name officially to a position [ed to the agency's top post] [ed conservator of the estate] 2 : to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a

bank

federal land bank in this entry 2 : a trust that holds land for purposes of preservation or conservation national bank : a bank operating under federal charter and supervision nonbank bank : a financial organization (as

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committee

committee 1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor 2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on,

curator

person or to care for the person or property of someone mentally incapable of doing so compare committee, conservator, guardian, interdict, tutor cu·ra·tor·ship n

guardian

entitled or legally appointed to the care and management of the person or property of another compare committee, conservator, curator, receiver, tutor guardian ad li·tem [-ad-lī-təm, -Ä d-lē-tem] : a guardian appointed by a court to represent

original intent

1 : the actual aim or purpose esp. of the framers of the U.S. Constitution 2 : a conservative theory in constitutional law: only those guarantees intended by the framers and set forth in the text of

reservation

creating it in a deed compare exception 3 a : public land reserved for a special purpose (as conservation) b : a tract of land reserved for use by an American Indian tribe see also Indian Removal

society

his wife's wrongful death] compare consortium 2 : a voluntary association of individuals dedicated to common ends [a conservation ] 3 : a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities

Conservatism

and tendency to preserve what is established opposition to change the habit of mind or conduct of a conservative

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