Syndic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syndic \Syn"dic\, n. [L. syndictus, Gr. ? helping in a court of
     justice, advocate; sy`n with + ? justice, akin to ? to show:
     cf. F. syndic. See {Teach}.]
     1. An officer of government, invested with different powers
        in different countries; a magistrate.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Law) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men
        engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron;
        an assignee.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a
           bankrupt to manage the property. Almost all the
           companies in Paris, the university, and the like, have
           their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng., has
           its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact
           special business, such as the regulation of fees, the
           framing of laws, etc.
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     3. (Civil Law) One appointed to manage an estate, essentially
        as a trustee, under English law.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syndic
       n : one appointed to represent a city or university or
           corporation in business transactions

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SYNDIC. A term used in the French law, which answers in one sense to our 
  word assignee, when applied to the management of bankrupts' estates; it has 
  also a more extensive meaning; in companies and communities, syndics are 
  they who are chosen to conduct the affairs and attend to the concerns of the 
  body corporate or community; and in that sense the word corresponds to 
  director or manager. Rodman's Notes to Code. de Com. p. 351; Civ. Code of 
  Louis. art. 429; Dict. de Jurisp. art. Syndic.