Purposes of A Trust
The purposes and uses of trusts historically had to do with management of property in absence of owner, mostly during medieval times when a lord left to fight in battle. Gradually, the device also found usefulness to control property "beyond the grave", although the so-called Rule Against Perpetuities limited this power. See trust law#History. In modern times in the United States, trusts have several principal purposes.
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