Definition of "legal guardian" []

• A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "One of Mamaw’s neighbors is the assigned legal guardian of the dogs, and she takes them away primly when she notes how little Claire and Eve care for them."
• "He was going to communicate to Mr. Brithwood of the Mythe, Ursula's legal guardian and trustee, the fact that she had promised him her hand – him, John Halifax, the tanner."