business trust

business trust
business trust see trust

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

business trust
An unincorporated business organization created by a legal document, a declaration of trust, and used in place of a corporation or partnership for the transaction of various kinds of business with limited liability.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


business trust
An unincorporated business organization created by a legal document, a declaration of trust, and used in place of a corporation or partnership for the transaction of various kinds of business with limited liability.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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