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Trust

Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

An obligation upon a person, arising out of confidence reposed in him, to apply property faithfully and according to such confidence.

See 6 How. (Miss.) 143, 38 Am. Dec. 433.

See, also, Active trust; Passive trust; Trusts.