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Henson trust

(Canada, legal, finance) A trust that protects the assets of a disabled person (typically an inheritance) and gives the trustee absolute discretion in how to use those assets to assist the beneficiary

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(Canada, legal, finance) A trust that protects the assets of a disabled person (typically an inheritance) and gives the trustee absolute discretion in how to use those assets to assist the beneficiary.

Origin: After Leonard Henson of Guelph, Ontario, who set up an absolute discretionary trust that became the subject of a legal case. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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