SETTLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does settlor mean? 

• SETTLOR (noun)
  The noun SETTLOR has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: SETTLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SETTLOR (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

settlor; trustor

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)