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honorary trust

honorary trust noun: a device by which a person establishes a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust (such as a trust for the care of pets or maintenance of cemetery plots), for which trustee is bound by honor, but not by law, to carry out the wishes of the trustor.

Noun

honorary trust (plural honorary trusts)

  1. A device by which a person establishes a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust (such as a trust for the care of pets or maintenance of cemetery plots), for which trustee is bound by honor, but not by law, to carry out the wishes of the trustor.

Forms of honorary trust

pluralhonorary trusts

Questions about honorary trust

What does honorary trust mean?
Honorary trust means a device by which a person establishes a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust (such as a trust for the care of pets or maintenance of cemetery plots), for which trustee is bound by honor, but not by law, to carry out the wishes of the trustor.
What part of speech is honorary trust?
Honorary trust is a noun.
What is the plural of honorary trust?
The plural of honorary trust is honorary trusts.

Words near honorary trust in the dictionary

  1. honorary steam engine
  2. honorary steam engines
  3. honorary steam locomotive
  4. honorary steam locomotives
  5. honorary title
  6. honorary trust
  7. honorary trusts
  8. Honorato
  9. Honoratos
  10. Honore
  11. honored

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