Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
conservator — con·ser·va·tor /kən sər və tər, kän sər ˌvā / n 1: a person, official, or institution appointed by a court to take over and manage the estate of an incompetent compare committee, curator, guardian … Law dictionary
Conservator — • A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons, as universities, religious orders, chapters, the poor from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process Catholic Encyclopedia.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Conservator — (female (rare) Conservatrix) may refer to: Conservator (law), a person appointed by a court or regulatory authority to supervise a person or entity s financial affairs Conservator (religion), a judge appointed by the Pope to protect the personae… … Wikipedia
conservator — con‧ser‧va‧tor [kənˈsɜːvətə, ˈkɒnsəveɪtə ǁ ˈsɜːrvətər, ˈkɑːnsərveɪtər] noun [countable] LAW someone who is legally responsible for the property of a person who cannot take care of it themselves * * * conservator UK US /kənˈsɜːvətər/ noun [C] US… … Financial and business terms
Conservator — Con ser*va tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. conservateur.] 1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver. [1913 Webster] The great Creator and Conservator of the world. Derham. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) An officer who has… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conservator — c.1400, from Anglo Fr. conservatour, from L. conservator keeper, preserver, defender, agent noun of conservare (see CONSERVE (Cf. conserve)) … Etymology dictionary
conservator — [kən sʉr′və tôr΄, kən sʉr′vət ər; ] also [ kän′sər vāt΄ər] n. [ME conservatour < L conservator < pp. of conservare: see CONSERVE] 1. a protector, guardian, or custodian 2. a person whose work is the preservation, reconditioning, and… … English World dictionary
Conservator — (lat.), 1) Erhalter; daher 2) Beiname Jupiters, vgl. Servator, Soter; 3) Person, welche über die Erhaltung u. Verwaltung eines Stifts u. dgl. zu wachen hat; 4) in Frankreich u. Italien Polizeiperson, welche über Aufrechthaltung von Statuten,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Conservator — Conservator, lat., Erhalter, in Naturaliensammlungen der Aufseher, der zugleich das Ausstopfen der Thiere zu besorgen hat … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Conservátor — CONSERVÁTOR, óris, ein Beynamen des Jupiters. Weil er aber an sich nichts anders, als was sonst der Namen Soter oder Servator bedeutet, so sehe man diese an ihren Orten nach … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
conservator — [n] caretaker of collection curator, custodian, guardian, keeper, protector, restorer; concept 348 … New thesaurus
