- voluntary trust
- An obligation arising out of a personal confidence reposed in, and voluntarily accepted by, one for the benefit of another. Bath Sav. Institution v Hathorn, 88 Me 122, 33 A 836.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
voluntary trust
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