settlor
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“The settlor can alternatively amend the trust via any method that shows his or her intent to do so by clear and convincing evidence,” McLane Middleton says.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The trustees are puppets; the settlor still controls the asset in practice.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2016
The idea here is that the settlor of the trust is not, repeat not, given anything like a beneficial interest in the trust, i.e., is not made a beneficiary of the trust.
From Forbes ● Aug. 23, 2014
The announcement said he was "settlor and sole beneficiary" of the trust.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2010
The courts of equity also will interfere in some cases of defective execution in order to carry out the intentions of the settlor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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