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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The creator of a trust.
  • noun A party to the settlement of a case or dispute.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, the person who makes a settle ment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law A person who settles property on express trust for the benefit of beneficiaries.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (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

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settle +‎ -or

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