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A standard for the duty of a fiduciary with responsibility over investments.
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prudent man rule — n: a rule giving discretion to a fiduciary and esp. a trustee to manage another s affairs and invest another s money with such skill and care as a person of ordinary prudence and intelligence would use in managing his or her own affairs or… … Law dictionary
Prudent man rule — The Prudent Man Rule is based on common law stemming from the 1830 Massachusetts court decision Harvard College v. Armory, 9 Pick. (26 Mass.) 446, 461 (1830). The Prudent Man Rule directs trustees to observe how men of prudence, discretion and… … Wikipedia
Prudent Man Rule — An investment standard. In some states, the law requires that a fiduciary, such as a trustee for pension funds, may invest the trust s or fund s money only in a list of securities designated by the state the so called legal list. In other states … Black's law dictionary
prudent-man rule — A US criterion for managing investments, especially in relation to pensions, that is designed to avoid reckless speculation. It requires that a fiduciary behave as a notional prudent man or woman would when making an investment … Big dictionary of business and management
prudent-man rule — U.S. legal standard for the actions of someone charged with investing funds in trust for others. The administrator of the funds is expected to ask, “Would a prudent man or woman make this investment?” … American business jargon
prudent man rule — /ˌpru:d(ə)nt mæn ru:l/ noun a rule that trustees who make financial decisions on behalf of other people should act carefully (as a normal prudent person would) … Dictionary of banking and finance
prudent man rule — noun : a rule that gives a large measure of discretion to trustees in selecting investments for trust funds where the trust agreement calls for purchase of legal investments and that allows stocks to be purchased as well as bonds though in some… … Useful english dictionary
Prudent-Person Rule — A legal maxim restricting the discretion in a client s account to investments that a prudent person seeking reasonable income and preservation of capital might buy for his or her own portfolio. Also called the prudent man rule . This rule is… … Investment dictionary
prudent-man rule — A common law standard against which those investing the money of others fiduciaries are judged. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
prudent man — See the ordinary prudent man. prudent man rule. The rule that one taking a negotiable instrument from the payee or prior endorsee is put upon inquiry as to infirmity or defect in the instrument by circumstances calculated to arouse the suspicions … Ballentine's law dictionary
