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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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(Traistar,) Truster, n. [e.m.E. truster (1537).] In law: One who entrusts rights, etc. to another. See Traist n. 2 b. — 1681 Stair Inst. i xii § 17.
A person receiving money to buy goods for another, but having bought and received them in his own name, without mention of the truster [etc.]
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