trus·tee·ship

(trŭ-stē′shĭp′)

1. Law

a. The position or function of a trustee.

b. The condition of being in a trust relationship.

a. Administration of a territory by a country or countries so commissioned by the United Nations.

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trusteeship

(trʌˈstiːʃɪp)

1. (Law) the office or function of a trustee

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. the administration or government of a territory by a foreign country under the supervision of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

b. (often capital) any such dependent territory; trust territory

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trust•ee•ship

(trʌˈsti ʃɪp)

n.

1. the office or function of a trustee.

2. the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the United Nations.

3. trust territory.

[1720–30]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	trusteeship - a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations trust territory district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
	2.	trusteeship - the position of trustee berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

Translations

trusteeship

[trʌsˈtiːʃɪp] N (in bankruptcy) → cargo m de síndico; [of property] → cargo m de fideicomisario, administración f fiduciaria

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trusteeship

→ Treuhandschaft f

(of a territory) → Treuhandschaft f, → Mandat nt

(also trusteeship territory) → Treuhandgebiet nt, → Mandat(sgebiet) nt

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"You are a remarkably wise young person and I quite agree with you," he answered; "the fact is," he added soberly, "I accepted the trusteeship in memory of my poor little mother, whose last happy years were spent here."

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'First by means of letters from the kindly priest whom we met in the camp of armed men; but he is now gone to his own country, and I sent the money to his brother.' Colonel Creighton, who had succeeded to the trusteeship when Father Victor went to England with the Mavericks, was hardly the Chaplain's brother.

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The situation in India-occupied Kashmir (IOK) is ripe to be placed under the UN Trusteeship Council for administration for at least 10 years.

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Al-Shammari said in a press statement that the United States, within its plans for full control of the region by imposing certain wills of economic and political sanctions to serve the Zionist project, began other steps to impose a draft trusteeship and division of Iraq.

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The Cabinet amended Article 4 of the statute of King Abdullah Center for Petroleum Studies and Researches, in order that a trusteeship council shall oversee the center under the chairmanship of the Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and membership of twelve experts, in the related fields.

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Members of the delegation, lawmakers, Khalil Attia, Hussein al-Qaisi and senator, Sakhr Doudin, called on supporting Jordan's role through the Hashemite trusteeship on Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

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Hashgard's blockchain-based solution is designed to systematically support the issuance, management, trusteeship, settlement, audit, process control, and dispute arbitration of decentralized assets while providing investors with real-time, transparent information.

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Noting also the recommendation of the Trusteeship Council in its resolution 1496 (XVIII) of 31 July 1956 that appropriate steps be taken, in consultation with the Administrating Authority, for the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory to become effective upon the attainment of independence of the Gold Coast.

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The notes will be issued by IDBI Trusteeship Company Limited in its capacity as trustee of Indian Receivable Trust Mar 2018 A.

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"Saudi Arabia holds the trusteeship over these religious sites and should fulfil its responsibility of opening them to all Muslims.

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KUWAIT, March 3 (KUNA) -- The unified GCC traffic week 2018 themed "your life is a trusteeship" aims at guiding motorists about safe driving, a ranking officer of the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday.

GCC traffic week aims at guiding motorist -- MoI official