Cestui

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cestuy \Ces"tuy\ or Cestui \Ces"tui\, pron. [Norm. F.] (Law)
     He; the one.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cestuy que trust}[norm. F.], a person who has the equitable
        and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in


        which is vested in a trustee. --Wharton.
  
     {Cestuy que use}[Norm. F.], a person for whose use land,
        etc., is granted to another.
        [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CESTUI. He. This word is frequently used in composition as, cestui que 
  trust, cestui que vie, &c.