cestui que trust
Equitable interest holder
Cestui que trust is a legal term from Law French designating the person who benefits from a trust—the beneficiary for whom property is held by a trustee.
The phrase literally means "the one who trusts" and appears in formal legal documents and property law.
The cestui que trust receives income from the estate while the trustee manages the assets.
Though archaic in everyday usage, it remains standard in legal contexts dealing with trusts and estates.
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
- legal fictionPresumed truth for convenience
corpus · administrator · assets · probate · entitlement · testament · duty of care · deed · inheritance · ward · heir · equity · conveyance · rights · legal title · title · common law · maritime
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- equity lawchancery, injunction, injunctions, subrogation, fiduciary duty
- legal archaismsattainder, escheat, outlawry, livery of seisin, trial by ordeal
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law