Breach Of Trust in United States
Breach Of Trust Definition
(1) The willful misappropriation, by a trustee, of a thing which had been lawfully delivered to him in confidence. The distinction between larceny and a breach of trust is’ to be found chiefly in the terms or way in which the thing was taken originally into the party’s possession; and the rule seems to be that whenever the article is obtained upon a fair contract not for a mere temporary purpose, or by one who is in the employment of the deliverer, then the subsequent misappropriation is to be considered as an act of breach of trust.
(2) Any wrongful act of a trustee in violation of his duty as such, though not amounting to a crime.
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(1) The willful misappropriation, by a trustee, of a thing which had been lawfully delivered to him in confidence. The distinction between larceny and a breach of trust is’ to be found chiefly in the terms or way in which the thing was taken originally into the party’s possession; and the rule seems to be that whenever the article is obtained upon a fair contract not for a mere temporary purpose, or by one who is in the employment of the deliverer, then the subsequent misappropriation is to be considered as an act of breach of trust.
(2) Any wrongful act of a trustee in violation of his duty as such, though not amounting to a crime.
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- Information about Breach Of Trust in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.