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4th DCA: What’s a “cestui que trust” and can it sue my trustee client?! Wells v. Wells, — So.3d —-, 2009 WL 2949277 (Fla. 4th DCA Sep 16, 2009) Florida’s declaratory-judgment act (F.S. Chapter 86) is based on the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, which was finalized almost a hundred years ago in 1922 [click here]. The early 20th Century vintage of this statute explains why it uses archaic phrases rooted in medieval English jurisprudence, like cestui que trust, when the Plain English version of the phrase: trust beneficiary, would do just as well (for more on the post-1970s Plain English Movement click here). For all you trusts-and-estates Geeks out there, click here for more on the etymology of cestui que trust.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:13:21 +0000

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