Talk:Resulting trust

Clean up needed[edit]

Two ways in which this article can be cleaned up--

i. Add a space between parentheses and surrounding words.

ii. The last paragraph of the opening paragraph (which I cannot edit, why?) starts with, "In common law...". This is wrong. A trust of any kind is a concept from equity. Common law is a separate legal system. Perhaps the sentence can be rephrased as "In common law jurisdictions..." which is where you usually find equity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.45.192.9 (talk) 17:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dear user 80.45.192.9: Yes, the term "common law" has more than one legal meaning. Both the "law" courts and the "equity" courts were part of the English common law system. In that sense, a trust (which as you correctly point out is a creature of equity) is still part of a "common law" system in the broader sense. I like your suggestion on the wording, so I'll make that change. Famspear (talk) 18:57, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article definitely needs a clean up. It looks almost as though it was copied from someone's class notes. Famspear (talk) 19:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]