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FIDUCIARY CAPACITY Definition & Legal Meaning

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This applies to a person serving to handle money and property to benefit another party, such as the attorney, broker, guardian etc.

 TLD Example: The executor of the estate served in a fiduciary capacity and owed a duty to act in good faith in carrying the wishes of the deceased.

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