conservatorship
noun [ C or U ] law US specialized uk/kənˈsɜː.və.tə.ʃɪp/ /ˈkɒn.sə.veɪ.təˌʃɪp/ us/kənˈsɜ˞ː.və.t̬ɚ.ʃɪp/ /ˈkɑːn.sɚ.veɪ.t̬ɚ.ʃɪp/
监护令,监管令
a legal order for the finances or property of a person, organization, or company to be controlled by another person or organization
Court records show that he was placed under conservatorship at Napa State Hospital. 法院档案显示,他曾在纳帕州立医院受到监护治疗。
State law allows a conservatorship of an agency only in cases of gross fiscal mismanagement. 该州法律只有在处理财务管理严重操作不当的案件时才允许专业部门行使监管权。
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- The 79-year-old woman had agreed to a voluntary conservatorship but grew confused about how it might work.
- Under the plan, the government would place the two companies under "conservatorship," their boards and chief executives would be fired and a government agency would appoint new chief executives.
- The young woman was sectioned by a judge, with her assets placed under the conservatorship of her father.
- The New York Times disclosed that the federal government was making plans to place the Company into a conservatorship.