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Author Stebbings, Chantal.

Title The private trustee in Victorian England / Chantal Stebbings.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 201 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in English legal history
Cambridge studies in English legal history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; The Trustee; 1 Challenges to trusteeship; 2 The relationship with the settlor; 3 The relationship with the beneficiaries; 4 The relationship with co-trustees and agents; 5 Trustees in the commercial context; 6 Transgressions by trustees; Index.
Summary The trust was a popular device among the Victorian middle classes to preserve their private property. But Victorian society was changing rapidly, which had a profound effect on the trustee. Stebbings explores the legal response to the trustee and the varied relationships experienced in the course of their administration.
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Subject Trusts and trustees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Trusts and trustees.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800 - 1899
Indexed Term Humaniora Historie.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stebbings, Chantal. Private trustee in Victorian England. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052178185X (DLC) 2001035305 (OCoLC)46785036
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