Definition of Cestui

1. he,that one [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestui

cesti
cestoda
cestode
cestode infections
cestodes
cestodiasis
cestoi
cestoid
cestoidean
cestoideans
cestoids
cestos
cestoses
cestraciont
cestuan
cestui (current term)
cestuis
cestus
cestuses
cesura
cesurae
cesural
cesuras
cesure
cesures
cetacea
cetacean
cetacean mammal
cetaceans
cetaceous

Literary usage of Cestui

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"Action by Trustee or by CestuI Que Trust? 116. In What Court? 117. Conditions Precedent. 118. ... Remedy Barred by Act or Omission of CestuI Que Trust. 127. ..."

2. A Selection of Cases on the Law of Trusts: With Notes and Citations by James Barr Ames (1893)
"Doubtless a cestui que trust may go into equity to prevent a sale of the trust ... If it was so every cestui que trust might sue in equity, instead of his ..."

3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Of the rights of a trustee on the death of the cestui que trust without 13. ... Trustees are bound to reimburse the cestui que trust — lending money 16. ..."

4. An Essay on Uses and Trusts: And on the Nature and Operation of Conveyances by Francis Williams Sanders, George Williams Sanders, John Warner (1855)
"But although the conveyance of cestui que trust is conclusive upon the ... 303, as to the effect of a release by cestui que trust claiming under a bond or ..."

5. A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and by Joseph Kinnicut Angell, John Wilder May (1861)
"TRUSTEE AND cestui QUE TRUST. § 468. IT has been shown, in a former chapter, in treating of trustees of personal property,1 that the well-established rale, ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees by Thomas Lewin (1837)
"IN WHAT THE ESTATE OF THE cestui QUE TRUST CONSISTS. DISMISSING the subject of the estate and office of the trustee, we turn our attention to the estate of ..."

7. Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Trusts by Austin Wakeman Scott (1919)
"1 the cestui que use was enabled to pass a legal title. It was formerly held that in the case of an active trust the cestui que trust could not assign his ..."

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