legal guardian
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Definition(s):
- (n) a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
Usage(s):
- January 5-6, 2000 The INS recognizes Juan Miguel Gonzales as Elian's legal guardian, which accords him the sole right to speak for the boy and decide where he should live.
- But the President did not want to lose sight of the child altogether; he asked Congress to make him its legal guardian.
- The INS Friday rejected a second application for asylum on Elian's behalf, on the grounds that only Juan Gonzalez is his legal guardian and has the sole right to speak for the child.
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