irrevocable
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A “special-needs trust,” for the record, is similar to a spendthrift trust in that it’s also irrevocable and protected against creditors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
As to your question about trusts, Waters Sullivan, a Birmingham, Ala.-based law firm, notes the difference between irrevocable trusts and revocable trusts.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
Assuming the family trust is irrevocable, it has the immediate benefit of avoiding probate.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
When heirs inherit assets in an irrevocable trust, they don’t get the benefit of a step-up in cost basis that they get on assets inherited outside the trust.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
“In each firm was a man with a fixed irrevocable purpose in life, for the sake of which he would bend or sacrifice all else,” Sullivan wrote.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing irrevocable
Grade 9, List 3
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