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conservatorship
[ kuhn-sur-vuh-ter-ship ]
noun
- the position of being a conservator, especially a person who repairs, restores, or maintains the condition of objects in a museum, library, etc.:
The program will give participants an opportunity to get a feel for the level of precision and care necessary for a career in museum conservatorship.
- Law. an agreement or order under which one person or entity controls the personal and financial affairs of another, such as a minor or someone who is considered legally incapable of managing their own affairs:
She's under a court-approved conservatorship that oversees every significant purchase and every key decision that she wants to make.
- Law. an agreement whereby a business or financial entity is placed under the control of another entity, usually temporarily and often as a result of prior or impending failure:
This week, a bipartisan coalition in the legislature is demanding that the agency’s leaders be replaced and the agency be put under an independent conservatorship.
Word History and Origins
Origin of conservatorship1
Example Sentences
The expansion of conservatorships would increase the county’s staffing needs, services and housing options, according to the group, without having new state funding in order to implement the necessary changes.
Since 2008, indelible bubble gum pop star Britney Spears has been confined by a conservatorship that leaves her without control of her finances, business, or personal affairs.
A month later, her father petitioned the courts for emergency “temporary conservatorship” over Spears.
After Penny ruled not to remove Jamie Spears from the conservatorship, Ingham declared that Spears is “afraid of her father.”
Britney Spears has remained tight-lipped in public on how she feels about her conservatorship.
That conservatorship expired, however, this month and, almost immediately a source tells TMZ, “Things started going haywire.”
On Feb. 1, 2008, a Los Angeles probate judge granted the conservatorship and issued a restraining order against Lutfi.
The judge granted both the conservatorship and the restraining order.
In his book, Dennis argued that the turning point for Spears was when her father intervened and placed her in a conservatorship.
"It makes you wonder whether the conservatorship is accomplishing anything on behalf of taxpayers," Grassley said in an email.
It is but just to Seor Contrras to remark that the Poet's picture was sketched before the date of his admirable conservatorship.
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