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Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001328

The principal sum or body of assets within a trust or fund, as distinguished from the income generated by those assets. This capital is typically preserved, while the income is distributed to beneficiaries according to the terms of the trust. In other legal contexts, it can refer to a body of laws or a collection of writings.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001328
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001328",
  "term": "Corpus",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The principal sum or body of assets within a trust or fund, as distinguished from the income generated by those assets. This capital is typically preserved, while the income is distributed to beneficiaries according to the terms of the trust. In other legal contexts, it can refer to a body of laws or a collection of writings.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/corpus/"
}

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