Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-1202
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Uniform Directed Trust Act of 2024:
1. "Breach of trust" means a violation by a trust director or
trustee of a duty imposed on that director or trustee by the terms
of the trust, this act, or laws of this state other than this act
pertaining to trusts;
2. "Directed trust" means a trust for which the terms of the
trust grant a power of direction;
3. "Directed trustee" means a trustee that is subject to a
trust director's power of direction;
4. "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit
entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity;
5. "Power of direction" means a power over a trust granted to a
person by the terms of the trust to the extent the power is
exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. The term
includes a power over the investment, management, or distribution of
trust property or other matters of trust administration. The term
excludes the powers described in subsection B of Section 6 of this
act;
6. "Settlor" means a person, including a testator, that creates
or contributes property to a trust. If more than one person creates
or contributes property to a trust, each person is a settlor of the
portion of the trust property attributable to that person's
contribution except to the extent another person has the power to
revoke or withdraw that portion;
7. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
other territory or possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States;
8. "Terms of a trust" means:
a. except as otherwise provided in subparagraph b of this
paragraph, the manifestation of the settlor's intent
regarding a trust's provisions as:
(1) expressed in the trust instrument, or
(2) established by other evidence that would be
admissible in a judicial proceeding, or
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b. the trust's provisions as established, determined, or
amended by:
(1) a trustee or trust director in accordance with
applicable law, or
(2) a court order;
9. "Trust director" means a person that is granted a power of
direction by the terms of a trust to the extent the power is
exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. The
person is a trust director whether or not the terms of the trust
refer to the person as a trust director and whether or not the
person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust; and
10. "Trustee" means an original, additional, and successor
trustee, and a cotrustee.
1. "Breach of trust" means a violation by a trust director or
trustee of a duty imposed on that director or trustee by the terms
of the trust, this act, or laws of this state other than this act
pertaining to trusts;
2. "Directed trust" means a trust for which the terms of the
trust grant a power of direction;
3. "Directed trustee" means a trustee that is subject to a
trust director's power of direction;
4. "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit
entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity;
5. "Power of direction" means a power over a trust granted to a
person by the terms of the trust to the extent the power is
exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. The term
includes a power over the investment, management, or distribution of
trust property or other matters of trust administration. The term
excludes the powers described in subsection B of Section 6 of this
act;
6. "Settlor" means a person, including a testator, that creates
or contributes property to a trust. If more than one person creates
or contributes property to a trust, each person is a settlor of the
portion of the trust property attributable to that person's
contribution except to the extent another person has the power to
revoke or withdraw that portion;
7. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
other territory or possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States;
8. "Terms of a trust" means:
a. except as otherwise provided in subparagraph b of this
paragraph, the manifestation of the settlor's intent
regarding a trust's provisions as:
(1) expressed in the trust instrument, or
(2) established by other evidence that would be
admissible in a judicial proceeding, or
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b. the trust's provisions as established, determined, or
amended by:
(1) a trustee or trust director in accordance with
applicable law, or
(2) a court order;
9. "Trust director" means a person that is granted a power of
direction by the terms of a trust to the extent the power is
exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. The
person is a trust director whether or not the terms of the trust
refer to the person as a trust director and whether or not the
person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust; and
10. "Trustee" means an original, additional, and successor
trustee, and a cotrustee.
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