Cestui

cestuy, I. fr. He. Cestuy que: he who; — doit enlieriter al pare, doit enheriter al fltz: he who would have been heir to the father, shall be heir to the son; — trust: he who trusts; the beneficiary under a trust; — use: he to whose use another is seized or enf eofl:ed of lands; the beneficial owner; — vie: he whose life determines a life estate.

CHSTUY. He, Used fre quently in composition in law French phrases.

He; that one; the one. Also spelled cesiuj/. See Addenda^- // ^ Pronounced cgst-we. A law- Erench term,' corresponding to the classic French c' est lui {ce Xu€): it is for him that, etc. Plural, cestuis. Cestui que trust. He for whom a trust exists, or was created: the beneficiary under a trust.2 The que is pronounced kS. See further TRttsT, Cestui, etc. Cestui que use. He for whom a use — exists: he for whose benefit land is held by another.' See further Use, 3, Cestui, etc. Cestui que vie. He for whose life — land is held by another: * he whose life measures the duration of an estate.^ CP. An abbreviation of the Latin conferre, compare. Used in references to analogous cases or subjects. CH. An abbreviation of chancellor, chapter, chief. CHALN". See Absteaot; Evidence, Circumstantial; OBLiaATION, 1. It is incorrect to speak of a body of circumstantial evidence as a "chain," and allude to the different circumstances as the "links." A chain cannot be stronger than its weakest link. The metaphor may perhaps be correctly applied to the ultimate and essential facts necessary to conviction in a criminal' case; but it is not true that every minor circumstance introduced to sustain the ultimate facts must be proven with the same degree of, certainty.^

Cestuy. L. Fr. He. Cestui que doit estre heriter al pere, doit heriter al fils. He who would have been heir to the father, shall be heir to the son. Year Book, M. 12 Edw. IV. 14. 2 Bl. Com. 223, 239, 250.