Trust (law)

A trust is a legal relationship in which the owner of property, or any transferable right, gives it to another to manage and use solely for the benefit of a designated person. In the English common law, the party who entrusts the property is known as the "settlor," the party to whom it is entrusted is known as the "trustee," the party for whose benefit the property is entrusted is known as the "beneficiary," and the entrusted property is known as the "corpus" or "trust property. " A testamentary trust is an irrevocable trust established and funded pursuant to the terms of a deceased person's will.

An inter vivos trust is a trust created during the settlor's life.

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