PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The historical noun centers on confidence and reliance; legal trust is one later semantic institution within the word’s wider range.
/trʌst/ · noun
Assured reliance, confidence, or responsibility; probably entering Middle English from Scandinavian material meaning confidence and firmness.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Places confidence and assured reliance before the legal arrangements.
Definitions and EtymologyIndependently documents the confidence core.
Headword definitionsThe dossier does not mistake one prominent modern legal sense for the donor meaning.