Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 11.118 - Trusts -- Animals

• animal: means a nonhuman animal with vertebrae. See Washington Code 11.118.010
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
• Codicil: means a will that modifies or partially revokes an existing earlier will. See Washington Code 11.02.005
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Trustee: means an original, added, or successor trustee and includes the state, or any agency thereof, when it is acting as the trustee of a trust to which chapter 11. See Washington Code 11.02.005
• Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
• Trustor: means a person, including a testator, who creates, or contributes property to, a trust. See Washington Code 11.02.005