Beneficial owner

Definition
1  : one holding a beneficial interest in a trust
compare beneficial interest at interest
2  : one enjoying the benefit of property of which another is the legal owner <was the beneficial owner of property held by the parent corporation>
3  : one who has or shares the power to control the voting or investment of stock <was considered the beneficial owner of stock held by her minor children>



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inevitable discovery

a doctrine in criminal law: evidence obtained by methods that are unconstitutional may be admissible if it would have been inevitably discovered without the unlawful methods


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