As nouns the difference between trustee and attorney
is that trustee is a person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process while attorney is (us) a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
As a verb trustee
is to commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate.
trustee
Noun
(
en noun)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Derived terms
* board of trustees
* public trustee
Verb
(
en verb)
To commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate.
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
attorney
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
Usage notes
* In the "agent" sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.
Synonyms
* mouthpiece (slang)
* advocate
Derived terms
()
* attorney general
* attorney-in-fact
* attorney-at-law
* patent attorney
* power of attorney (POA)
* trade mark attorney
