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settlors

settlors is the plural of settlor.

Meaning of settlor

Noun

settlor (plural settlors)

  1. (trust law) A person who settles property on express trust for the benefit of beneficiaries.
    • Once the trust deed is drawn up and the asset transferred to the trustee, the settlor no longer owns the asset; his personal creditors therefore cannot seize it to satisfy their claims. […]2020, Katharina Pistor, “2: Coding Land”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    trustor, grantor, donor

Questions about settlors

What is settlors the plural of?
Settlors is the plural of settlor.

Words near settlors in the dictionary

  1. settling up
  2. settling upon
  3. settling with
  4. settlings
  5. settlor
  6. settlors
  7. Settrington
  8. setts
  9. Setty
  10. Settys
  11. setula

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