settlor Law.
(ˈsɛtlə(r))
[Altered form of settler (sense 3): see -or 2 d.]
One who makes a settlement of property.
1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 317 Where an estate was limited to the use of the settlor for 99 years. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. ii. x. §2 (1876) 207 Every settlor and testator has an almost unbounded licence to multiply interests in land. 1875 Poste Gaius iv. (ed. 2) §151 A settlor of dower. 1876 K. E. Digby Real Property vii. §2. 329 The great object of settlements of lands, the preserving them in the settlor's family. |