Fiduciary
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (4s a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that ofatrustee, in respect to the trust and confidence involved in it and the scrupulous good faith and eandor which it requires. Thus, a person isa fiduciary who is invested with rights and powers to be exercised for the benefit of another person. As an adjective it means of the nature of a trust; having the characteristics of a trust; analogous to a trust; relating to or founded upon a trust or confidence.