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conservator definition - legal

n

  1. The court-appointed custodian of the property or financial affairs of a person who is under the age of capacity or who has been declared legally incompetent. See also committee and guardian.
  2. In some states, the same as guardian.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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