Rule Against Accumulations
Rule Against Accumulations
In
trusts, the legal concept forbidding
interest or
coupons from being added back into a trust's
principal after a given number of years. The rule effectively sets a limit on the number of years a trust can exist, or at least prevents trusts from accumulating income and not distributing it. See also:
Rule against perpetuities.
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