2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 3B - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS
Section 3B:20-1 - Definitions

3B:20-1 Definitions
3B:20-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter:

a. "Trust instrument" means and includes a will, deed, agreement, court order or other instrument pursuant to which money or other property is entrusted to a fiduciary;

b. "Fiduciary" means an individual or corporation that is authorized to act as or acts as a trustee, personal representative, conservator, guardian, and every other individual or corporation charged with the duty of administering a trust estate;

c. "Trust estate" or "trust assets" means money or other property entrusted to a fiduciary;

d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.26.)

e. "Beneficiary" means an individual or corporation for whose benefit a fiduciary acts or is authorized to act.

Amended 1983, c.192, s.2; 1995, c.48, s.1; 1997, c.26, s.13.