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BENEFICIARY UNDER TRUST [2 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Trusts (common law)
  • Taxation Law
OBS

The term is pronounced "setty-ker-trust" and the plural is cestuis que trust.

OBS

A Law French term still in use occasionally in legal writings and teaching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des fiducies (common law)
  • Droit fiscal
OBS

Cestui que trust remonte à l'époque du «Law French». Il s'emploie encore parfois dans la doctrine, la jurisprudence et l'enseignement.

OBS

cestui que trust; bénéficiaire de fiducie : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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