#cestui

"London 1666, during the black plague and great fires of London, Parliament enacted an act behind closed doors, called Cestui Que Vie Act 1666. The act being debated was to subrogate the rights of

And who shall pay taxes therein, is hereby declared to be a cestui que trust in respect to the said property, funds and effects, respectively

"The person who has a beneficial interest in a trust; the beneficiary." "He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested in another."

An Act for Redresse of Inconveniencies by want of Proofe of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas or absenting themselves, upon whose Lives Estates doe depend. Cestui que vie remaining beyond Sea for

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