{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.240","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.240","heading":"Definitions.","body":"1. In sections 469.240 to 469.350 unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Bank\" includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking;\n(2) \"Fiduciary\" includes a trustee under any trust, expressed, implied, resulting or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, trust or estate;\n(3) \"Person\" includes a corporation, partnership, or other association, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest;\n(4) \"Principal\" includes any person to whom a fiduciary as such owes an obligation.\n2. A thing is done \"in good faith\" within the meaning of sections 469.240 to 469.350, when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 469 - Disclaimers of Property"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=469.240","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"552574ac27d892892f3b34bec9c597a314ed55944a64a3df38e9a50604bedeeb","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.120","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}