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[[Trust]]s are excellent things if you are a finance lawyer, and get you out of all kinds of jams.
[[Trust]]s are excellent things if you are a finance lawyer, and get you out of all kinds of jams.


===Not the same thing as the [[corporate veil]]===
The separation of ownership into legal and beneficial ownership is a “[[creature of equity]]”. One should not confuse it with those creatures of statute, the [[corporation]]: A [[shareholder]] is ''not'' the “[[Beneficial ownership|beneficial]]”, or legal, owner of a [[corporation]]’s assets.
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*[[Constructive trust]]
*[[Constructive trust]]
*[[Custody]]
*[[Custody]]
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