Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 165 > General Provisions

• Account: means a report of the financial condition of the trust estate prepared by a trustee which:

  (1) Must include the information set forth in NRS 165. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020

• Accounting period: means the period for which the trustee is accounting and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, commencing with the first day following the previous accounting period and ending on the date specified by the trustee or on the date specified by the court if the account is ordered by the court. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Broad power of appointment: means a power of appointment held by a person, commonly referred to as a power holder, that can be exercised in favor of:

  (1) The power holder, without any restriction or limitation; or

  (2) Any person other than one or more of the following:

  (I) The power holder;

  (II) The power holder"s estate;

  (III) The power holder"s creditors; or

  (IV) The creditors of the power holder"s estate. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020

• controlled substance: means a drug, immediate precursor or other substance which is listed in schedule I, II, III, IV or V for control by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to NRS 453. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.031
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Current beneficiary: means a distribution beneficiary to whom or for whose benefit the trustee is authorized or required to make distributions of income or principal at any time during the accounting period. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Distribution beneficiary: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 163. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
• Probate: Proving a will
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Remote beneficiary: means a natural person or an entity whose interest in the trust estate is preceded by the priority interest of one or more current beneficiaries and one or more remainder beneficiaries, all of whose interests must be extinguished by death or pursuant to the terms of the trust instrument before the remote beneficiary may become a current beneficiary. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Successor trustee: means a successor to the acting trustee or substitute trustee named or appointed to succeed a predecessor trustee who has not yet assumed the role of trustee. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Testamentary trustee: means a trustee serving under a trust created by a will of a testator domiciled in this state at the time of the testator"s death, whose will has been admitted to probate in this state, whether the trustee was appointed by the testator or by a court or other authority. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Trust: means :

  (1) A trust as defined in NRS 163. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020

• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Trustee: includes a nontestamentary trustee, a testamentary trustee and a corporate trustee, as well as a natural person. See Nevada Revised Statutes 165.020
• Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.