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De-jure and De-facto Trustee :– Distinction between the term De-jure trustee and De-facto trustee – Explained – Further the meaning of the term trustee explained. A person having a legal right to hold the office of the trustee is a de-jure trustee whereas a de-facto trustee is one who is in possession of the endowment and exercises all the functions of the trustee though a legal title is lacking. The Odisha Hindu Religious Endowment Act defines the word “trustee” to mean a person by whatever designation known, in whom the administration of a religious institution and endowment are vested and includes any person or body who or which is liable as if such person or body were a trustee, thus the term trustee is a very wide one and would include a de-facto trustee who by his own action and conduct make himself liable as a trustee, 63 (1987) CLT 115 (Radhakrushna Dutta and others Vs. State of Orissa and Others)