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TRUST

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contracts, devises. An equitable right, title or interest in property, real or personal, distinct from its legal ownership; or it is a personal obligation for paying, delivering or performing anything, where the person trusting has no real. right or security, for by, that act he confides altogether to the faithfulness of those entrusted. This is its most general meaning, and … [Read more...]

TRIVIAL

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Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court. … [Read more...]

TRUST COMPANY

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A company that is retained to act as trustee for a trust. … [Read more...]

TRO

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See temporary restraining order. … [Read more...]

TRUST CORPUS

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Latin meaning the body of the trust, also known as the res or the thing. It is the principal of the trust, the entire amount of the trust not including the income it generates. … [Read more...]

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