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Definition of Trustor
1. Noun. (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee.
Generic synonyms: Bestower, Conferrer, Donor, Giver, Presenter
Category relationships: Law, Law
Definition of Trustor
1. Noun. (legal) A person who creates a trust. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trustor
1. one that trustees his property [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trustor
Literary usage of Trustor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revised Laws of the State of California: In Four Codes : Political, Civil by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, Charles Lindley (1871)
"852, a vol- voluntary untary trust is created, as to the trustor and beneficiary,
... An intention on the part of the trustor to cre.te a trust; and, 2. ..."
2. Trusts for Business Purposes by William Carden Dunn (1922)
"trustor, CREATOR OR SETTLOR. 39—Who May Be. In general, every person ... The law
is well settled that a trustor may convey his property in trust for his own ..."
3. California Unreported Cases: Being Those Decisions Determined in the Supreme by California Supreme Court, Peter V. Ross, California District Courts of Appeal (1913)
"A court of equity will not allow a trust to fail solely for want of a trustee;
that is, if the purposes of a trust and the wishes of a trustor can be ..."
4. The Codes and Statutes of California: As Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1901)
"Creation of trust as to trustor.—To (he validity of a trust affecting realty, a
writing is necessary, except as to such trusts as uncreated by operation of ..."