conservator

n.

1. A person in charge of maintaining or restoring valuable items, as in a museum or library.
2. One that conserves or preserves from injury, violation, or infraction; a protector.
3. Law. One that is responsible for the person and property of an incompetent.

conservatorial con·ser'va·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
conservatorship con·ser'va·tor·ship' n.

1. Court appointed person to manage and protect the interests of an estate or the affairs of a person judged incompetent.

2. Official appointed by a banking regulator to protect the assets of a troubled bank or savings institution while a permanent solution to its financial problems is worked out. A bank declared to be insolvent is placed under control of a Receiver and assets sold to pay its creditors.

Same as Guardian.

noun

A person who is legally responsible for the person or property of another considered by law to be incompetent to manage his or her affairs: caretaker, custodian, guardian, keeper. See law.

Court-appointed custodian of property belonging to person determined to be unable to properly manage his or her property. Uniform Probate Code §5-401(c). The term is sometimes used interchangeably with guardian or committee. In some jurisdictions the conservator can be a public or private agency rather than a person. See also committee; next friend; ward.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konservator, bevarer, opsynsmand

Nederlands (Dutch)
conservator, bewaarder, bewindvoerder

Français (French)
n. - conservateur, (US, Jur) tuteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beschützer, Konservator

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συντηρητής, έφορος (μουσείου), φύλακας

Italiano (Italian)
conservatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conservador (m), curador (m), protetor (m)

Русский (Russian)
защитник, опекун, реставратор

Español (Spanish)
n. - conservador, defensor, curador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - upprätthållare, förmyndare, intendent, konservator (tekn.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
保护者, 管理委员, 管理员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 保護者, 管理委員, 管理員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보호자, 관리인, 후견인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 保存者, 保護者, 管理者, 財産管理者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حافظ, حامي, عامل في هيئه حمايه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משמר, אפוטרופוס‬

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