{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-20-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:20-1","heading":"Definitions","body":"Definitions.  As used in this chapter:\na.  \"Trust instrument\" means and includes a will, deed, agreement, court order or other instrument pursuant to which money or other property is entrusted to a fiduciary;\nb.  \"Fiduciary\" means an individual or corporation that is authorized to act as or acts as a trustee, personal representative, conservator, guardian, and every other individual or corporation charged with the duty of administering a trust estate;\nc.  \"Trust estate\" or \"trust assets\" means money or other property entrusted to a fiduciary;\nd. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.26.)\ne.  \"Beneficiary\" means an individual or corporation for whose benefit a fiduciary acts or is authorized to act.\nAmended 1983, c.192, s.2; 1995, c.48, s.1; 1997, c.26, s.13.","path":["TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"522e773017e0bfcbc518b0f391208cddcff40a7d9f3e55400de13e770db9437a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-19b-31","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-20-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}