What is CONSERVATOR? Definition of CONSERVATOR in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
A guardian; protector; preserver.
"When any person having property shall be found to be incapable of managing his affairs, by the court of probate in the district in which he resides, * * * it shall appoint some person to be his conservator, who, upon giving a probate bond, shall have the charge of the person and estate of such incapable person." Gen.St.Conn.1875, p. 346, § 1 ( Gen.St.1930, § 4815) ; Hutchins v. Johnson, 12 Conn. 376, 30 Am. Dec. 622.
One whose business it is to attend to the enforcement of certain statutes. See Conservators of the Peace, infra.
One whose duty requires him to prevent and arrest for breaches of the peace in his presence, but not to arraign and try for them. Marcuchi v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., 81 W.Va. 548, 94 S.E. 979, 980.
A delegated umpire or standing arbitrator, chosen to compose and adjust difficulties arising between two parties. Cowell.
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