embezzlement by fiduciary

embezzlement by fiduciary
The crime of embezzlement committed by an executor, administrator, guardian, or broker. 26 Am J2d Embez § 31. A statute defining embezzlement by a "trustee or factor, carrier or bailee," applies to trustees, factors, carriers, or bailees for artificial persons as well as private persons. Anno: 41 ALR 474.

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