Wills and trusts

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 138. Chapters: Trust law, Inheritance, Trusts and estates, Will, Affiliation, Charitable trust, Abatement of debts and legacies, United States trust law, Legal history of wills, Charitable organization, Asset-protection trust, Dishonest assistance, Real estate investment trust, Rule against perpetuities, English trusts law, Future interest, Hague Trust Convention, Probate, Supplemental Needs Trust, Charitable remainder unitrust, Intestacy, Succession, Joint wills and mutual wills, Wills Act 1837, Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd, Purpose trust, Delaware statutory trust, Vesting, Spendthrift trust, Resulting trust, Discretionary trust, Illustrations of the rule against perpetuities, Howe v Earl of Dartmouth, Constructive trust, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, Foreign trust, Personal injury trust, Offshore trust, Rule in Dearle v Hall, Unit Valuation System, Taxation of trusts, Private annuity trust, Cy-près doctrine, Will contest, Express trust, Beneficiary, Massachusetts business trust, Oldland Mill, Keymer, Credible witness, Forced heirship, Testamentary capacity, Testamentary trust, Will Aid, Administration of an estate on death, Power of appointment, No-contest clause, Trust instrument, Inquest, Settlor, Uniform Probate Code, Royal lives clause, Discounted gift trust, Holographic will, Trustee de son tort, Probate research, 1GOAL Education for All, Italian trust law, Prudent man rule, Disclaimer of interest, Rabbi trust, Bequest, Grantor Retained Annuity Trust, Elective share, Ademption, Corporate trust, Probate court, Insane delusion, Uniform Simultaneous Death Act, Estate planning, Codicil, Swynfen will case, Undue influence, Blind trust, Protector, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, Lapse and anti-lapse, Last will and testament of Frederica Evelyn Stilwell Cook, Special needs trust, Pretermitted heir, Will contract, Australian trust law, George Tasker, Incentive trust, Beneficial interest, Statute of Wills, Interest in possession trust, Laughing heir, Voting trust, Pet trust, Henson trust, Crummey trust, Slayer rule, Attestation clause, Protective trust, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Pour-over will, Secret trust, Trusts & Estates, Satisfaction of legacies, Testator, Calendars of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, Oral will, Incorporation by reference, Ancillary administration, Acts of independent significance, Residuary estate, Labour Leader's Office Fund, Anti-alienation clause, Percy Sladen Memorial Trust, Accumulation and Maintenance trust, Inter vivos, Estate Planner, Trust law in Civil law jurisdictions, Letter of wishes, Private trustee, Honorary trust, Administrator of an estate, Doctrine of exoneration of liens, Testamentary disposition, Settlement, Legatee, Merger doctrine, Knowing receipt, Freedom of testation, Exempt property, National Collegiate Trust, Bare trust, Beach bum trust provision, Contingent beneficiary, Fiduciary trust, Probate sale, Apertura tabularum, Specific legacy, Specific devise. Excerpt: United States trust law is the body of law regulating the legal instrument for holding wealth known as a trust. Most law regulating the creation and administration of trusts in the United States is now statutory at the state level. In August 2004, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws created the first attempt to codify generally accepted common law principles in Anglo-American law regarding trus...