fidei-commissary

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fidei-commissary - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  FIDEI-COMMISSARY, civil law. One who has a beneficial interest in an estate, 
  which, for a time, is committed to the faith or trust of another. This term 
  has nearly, the same meaning as cestui que trust has in our law. 2 Bouv. 
  Inst. n. 1895, note.