declaration of trust

declaration of trust
A means whereby an owner of property may create a trust therein, consisting of his voluntary statement indicating or manifesting his intention to create a trust, which equity will regard as a transfer of title, notwithstanding there is no transfer of the subject matter, subject to the requirement of a writing where the nature of the property and the conditions of the transaction bring it within the statute of frauds. 54 Am J1st Trusts § 61; a judgment or decree declaring the existence of a trust. 54 Am J1st Trusts § 628.

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