Syn"dic (?), n. [L. syndictus, Gr. &?; helping in a court of justice,
advocate; sy`n with + &?; justice, akin to &?; to show: cf. F. syndic.
See Teach.] 1. An officer of government, invested with different powers
in different countries; a magistrate.
2. (Law) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a
business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to
manage the property. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university,
and the like, have their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng.,
has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special
business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.
Syn"di*cate (?), n. [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.] 1. The office or
jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics. Bp. Burnet.
2. An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some
duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who
combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial
project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an
entire issue of government bonds.
Syn"di*cate (?), v. t. [LL. syndicatus, p. p. of syndicare to censure.]
To judge; to censure. [Obs.]
||Syn"dro*me (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;; sy`n with + &?; a course, a
||running.] Concurrence. [R.] Glanvill.
Syn`dy*as"mi*an (?), a. [Gr. syndyasmo`s a pairing, fr. syndya`zein to
pair.] Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of
animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their
offspring. Morgan.
Syne (?), adv. [See Since.] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. [Obs. or Scot.]
R. of Brunne.