CESTUI QUE
[French, He or she who.] The person for whom a benefit exists.
A cestui que trust is a person for whose ben-
efit a trust is created; a beneficiary. Although
legal title of the trust is vested in the trustee, the
cestui que trust is the beneficiary who is entitled
to all benefits from a trust.
A cestui que use is an archaic term of PROP-
ERTY LAW that describes one who has a benefi-
cial interest in land held by someone else. Title
and possession as well as the duty to defend the
land is held by another, but the cestui que use has
the right to rents, profits, and other benefits
from the land.
A cestui que vie is the person whose life is
used to measure various things, such as the
duration of a trust, a gift, or an insurance con-
tract. It can also be used to mean the person
upon whose life a policy of life insurance is drawn.
