Trust Game: Hidden Estates and the Cestui Que Vie Act

In 1666, London burned. Parliament responded with a law that would shape the future of every man and woman: the Cestui Que Vie Act. It claimed to deal with missing persons and inheritance, but it did more than that. It declared that anyone who could not prove they were alive could be treated as legally dead. Their estate could be administered by others.That law still stands.The Trust Game exposes ...