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Trust (law) A trust is a legal relationship in which the owner of property (or any other transferable right) gives it to another person or entity, who must manage and use the property solely for the benefit of another designated person. In the English common law, the party who entrusts the property is known as the "settlor", the party to whom ...
United States trust law is the body of law that regulates the legal instrument for holding wealth known as a trust . Most of the law regulating the creation and administration of trusts in the United States is now statutory at the state level. In August 2004, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws created the first ...
In a deed of trust, a person who wishes to borrow money conveys legal title in real property to a trustee, who holds the property as security for a loan ( debt) from the lender to the borrower. The equitable title remains with the borrower. [1] The borrower is referred to as the trustor, while the lender is referred to as the beneficiary.
A real estate investment trust ( REIT, pronounced "reet" [1]) is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, including office and apartment buildings, studios, warehouses, hospitals, shopping centers, hotels and commercial forests. [2]
e. Estate planning is the process of anticipating and arranging for the management and disposal of a person's estate during the person's life in preparation for a person's future incapacity or death. The planning includes the bequest of assets to heirs, loved ones, and/or charity, and may include minimizing gift, estate, and generation-skipping ...
In 2011, UK pension funds held over £1 trillion of assets, and unit trusts held £583.8 billion. [3] English trust law concerns the protection of assets, usually when they are held by one party for another's benefit. [4] Trusts were a creation of the English law of property and obligations, and share a subsequent history with countries across ...
e. The rule against perpetuities is a legal rule in common law that prevents people from using legal instruments (usually a deed or a will) to exert control over the ownership of private property for a time long beyond the lives of people living at the time the instrument was written. Specifically, the rule forbids a person from creating future ...
e. In domestic and international commercial law, a beneficial owner is a natural person or persons who ultimately owns or controls an interest in a legal entity or arrangement, such as a company, a trust, or a foundation. [1] Legal owners (i.e. the owners on the record), commonly described as the "registered owners", may hold those interests as ...