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settlor definition - legal

n

Someone who creates a trust by making a settlement of property, real or personal. See also donor and trustor.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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