fiduciary relation

Noun

1.

fiduciary relation - the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter

attorney-client relation, bank-depositor relation, confidential adviser-advisee relation, conservator-ward relation, director-stockholder relation, executor-heir relation, jurisprudence, law, lawyer-client relation, legal relation, partner relation, receiver-creditor relation, trustee-beneficiary relation