trustee ex maleficio

trustee ex maleficio
A trustee from wrongdoing; the trustee of a trust arising by operation of law from a wrongful acquisition. A person charged as a constructive trustee because without right he has entered into possession or assumed the management of property belonging to another. Morris v Joseph, 1 W Va 256. See constructive trust.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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