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Trustee De Son Tort

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Sometimes called constructive trustee. One who without authority undertakes to execute a trust, or assumes the management of trust property, or otherwise intermeddling with the trust affairs. Such persons are subject to the same rules and the same liability as other trustees. 182 111. 96.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One assuming without authority the control of property beneficially belonging to another. See 1 W. Va. 256, 91 Am. Dec. 386.