{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-9-501","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 91-9-501","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n(a) “Trust” means the following:\n(i) An express trust, private or charitable, with additions thereto, wherever and however created; or\n(ii) A trust created or determined by a judgment or decree under which the trust is to be administered in the manner of an express trust.\n(b) “Trust” excludes the following:\n(i) Constructive trusts, other than those described in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section, and resulting trusts;\n(ii) Guardianships and conservatorships;\n(iii) Executors and administrators of decedent’s estates;\n(iv) Totten trust accounts;\n(v) Custodial arrangements pursuant to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act of any state;\n(vi) Business trusts that are taxed as partnerships or corporations;\n(vii) Investment trusts subject to regulation under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction;\n(viii) Common trust funds;\n(ix) Voting trusts;\n(x) Security arrangements;\n(xi) Transfers in trust for purpose of suit or enforcement of a claim of right;\n(xii) Liquidation trusts; or\n(xiii) Any arrangement under which a person is nominee or escrowee for another.\n(c) “Trustee” means an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court.\n(d) “Trust instrument” means a written instrument which creates, defines or determines a trust, including, but not limited to, a last will and testament of a decedent.","path":["Title 91. Trusts and Estates","Chapter 9. Trusts and Trustees","Article 11. Family Trust Preservation Act of 1998."],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.91.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:53Z","sha256":"c1377a66e2ba742d10e3e876ee0d9a46fbe40225f10f4fe2ff5263cd30da66be","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-9-411","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-9-503","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}