CESTUY

CESTUI  , an Anglo-French word, meaning " that person," which appears in the legal phrases cestui que trust, use, or vie . It is usually pronounced as " cetty." Cestui que trust means literally " the person for whose benefit the trust " is created . The cestui que trust is the person entitled to the equitable, as opposed to the legal, estate . Thus, if land be granted unto, and to the use of A. in trust for B., B. is cestui que trust, and A. trustee . The term, principally owing to its cumbersomeness, is being gradually superseded in modern law by that of " beneficiary." Cestui que use (sometimes cestui d que use) means " the person for whose benefit a use " is created (see TRUST) . Cestui que vie is " the person for whose life " lands are held by another (see REMAINDER) .