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a legal concept in which a court appoints a person to manage the financial affairs and/or personal care of another individual who is unable to do so themselves
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The court granted a conservatorship to manage the affairs of the elderly woman.
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They had to go through a whole legal process to get a conservatorship for their uncle.
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Getting stuck in a conservatorship is like being in a legal limbo.
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The strict rules of the conservatorship felt like a cage, restricting his freedom.