2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 21 — FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Chapter 17 — GENERAL FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Subchapter I — UNIFORM FIDUCIARIES ACT
Section 21-1701 — Definitions.
(a) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
"bank" includes a person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking;
"fiduciary" includes a trustee under a trust, express, implied, resulting or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for a person, trust, or estate;
"person" includes a corporation, partnership, or other association, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest;
"principal" includes a person to whom a fiduciary as such owes an obligation.
(b) A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this chapter, when it is in fact done honestly, whether negligently or not.
History
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 776, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1.)
Annotations
Cross References. Fiduciary transfer of securities, see § 28:8-401 et seq.
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 21-1701.
1973 Ed., § 21-1701.
Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 1 of the Uniform Fiduciaries Act.
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