Definition of Cestuis

1. cestui [n] - See also: cestui

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestuis

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

Literary usage of Cestuis

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

1. A Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees by Jairus Ware Perry, Edwin Alliston Howes (1910)
"Trustees must furnish clear accounts to the cestuis que trust. §§ 822, 823. ... The fund may be paid into court upon suit of cestuis que trust. § 825. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"been plaintiff, the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court would have attached, notwithstanding his cestuis que trust had been citizens of Vermont. ..."

3. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"Shares in Trust. 1, 2. Company may safely deal with registered owner. 3. But equity will protect the rights of cestuis que trust. 4, and note 2. ..."

4. A Practical and Concise Manual of the Law Relating to Private Trusts and by Arthur Underhill (1884)
"The Authority of the cestuis que Trusts collectively in a Special Trust. ,, 64. ... Concurrence of or Release by cestuis que Trusts. „ 77. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees by Thomas Lewin (1837)
"If there be only one cestui que trust, or there be several cestuis que trust, and all of one mind, the specific execution may be stayed, and the special ..."

6. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"... to the trust for this purpose contained in the said recited will as aforesaid, the said AB and CD have agreed to sell the hereditaments AND CEsTUIs GUE ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"the farther reason that Costner has paid his cestuis que trustent, and he has no right of subrogation because of any application made by the borrower of the ..."

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