§ 103. Definitions
In this title:
(1) “Action,” with respect to an act of a trustee, includes a failure to act.
(2) “Ascertainable standard” means a standard relating to an individual’s health, education,
support, or maintenance within the meaning of Section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the effective date of this title.
(3) “Beneficiary” means a person that:
(A) has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent; or
(B) in a capacity other than that of trustee, holds a power of appointment over trust
property.
(4) “Charitable trust” means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable
purpose described in subsection 405(a) of this title.
(5) “Conservator” shall have the same meaning as “Guardian of the property” under subdivision
7(A)(ii) of this section.
(6) “Environmental law” means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance
relating to protection of the environment.
(7)(A) “Guardian.”
(i) “Guardian of the person” means a person appointed by the Probate Division of the Superior
Court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, and welfare
of a minor or adult individual.
(ii) “Guardian of the property” means a person appointed by the Probate Division of the
Superior Court to administer the estate of a minor or adult individual.
(B) Neither term includes a guardian ad litem.
(8) “Interests of the beneficiaries” means the beneficial interests provided in the terms
of the trust.
(9) “Jurisdiction,” with respect to a geographic area, includes a state or country.
(10) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture, or government; governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any other legal or
commercial entity.
(11) “Power of withdrawal” means a presently exercisable general power of appointment other
than a power:
(A) exercisable by a trustee and limited by an ascertainable standard; or
(B) exercisable by another person only upon consent of the trustee or a person holding
an adverse interest.
(12) “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal,
legal or equitable, or any interest therein.
(13)(A) “Qualified beneficiary” means a beneficiary who, on the date the beneficiary’s qualification
is determined, is:
(i) a “first tier” beneficiary as a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income
or principal;
(ii) a “second tier” beneficiary who would be a first tier beneficiary of trust income
or principal if the interests of the distributees described in subdivision (A)(i)
of this subdivision (13) terminated on that date without causing the trust to terminate;
or
(iii) a “final beneficiary” who would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust
income or principal if the trust terminated on that date.
(B) Notwithstanding subdivisions (A)(ii) and (iii) of this subdivision (13), a second
tier beneficiary or a final beneficiary shall not be a “qualified beneficiary” if
the beneficiary’s interest in the trust:
(i) is created by the exercise of a power of appointment and the exercise of the power
of appointment is not irrevocable; or
(ii) may be eliminated by an amendment to the trust.
(14) “Revocable,” as applied to a trust, means revocable by the settlor without the consent
of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.
(15) “Settlor” means a person, including a testator, who creates, or contributes property
to, a trust. If more than one person creates or contributes property to a trust, each
person is a settlor of the portion of the trust property attributable to that person’s
contribution except to the extent another person has the power to revoke or withdraw
that portion.
(16) “Spendthrift provision” means a term of a trust which restrains both voluntary and
involuntary transfer of a beneficiary’s interest.
(17) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States. The term includes a Native American tribe or band recognized
by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.
(18) “Terms of a trust” means the manifestation of the settlor’s intent regarding a trust’s
provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or as may be established by other
evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding.
(19) “Trust instrument” means an instrument executed by the settlor that contains terms
of the trust, including any amendments to the instrument.
(20) “Trustee” includes an original, additional, and successor trustee, and a cotrustee. (Added 2009, No. 20, § 1; amended 2009, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)