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SETTLOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
Synonyms:
settlor; trustor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("settlor" is a kind of...):
bestower; conferrer; donor; giver; presenter (person who makes a gift of property)
Domain category:
law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)