conservatorship

English

Etymology

From conservator +‎ -ship.

Noun

conservatorship (countable and uncountable, plural conservatorships)

  1. (law) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
  2. (law) The state of being under the control of a conservator.
    • 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      However, the last few years of his life were primarily defined by his troubled family life—he is estranged from many of his relatives, at one point alleging that they tried to place him under a conservatorship […]

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