Colorado Revised Statutes Title 15. Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries § 15-1-802. Definitions

(1) “Court” means the district or probate court having jurisdiction over the administration of the estate or trust.

(2) “Estate” means the estate of a decedent or a person under disability.

(4) “Trust” means any express trust created by a will, trust instrument, or other instrument, whereby there is imposed upon a trustee the duty to administer a trust asset, for the benefit of a named or otherwise described income or principal beneficiary, or both. A trust shall not include trusts for the benefit of creditors, resulting or constructive trusts, business trusts where certificates of beneficial interest are issued to the beneficiary, investment trusts, voting trusts, security instruments such as deeds of trust and mortgages, trusts created by the judgment or decree of a court, liquidation or reorganization trusts, or trusts for the sole purpose of paying dividends, interest, interest coupons, salaries, wages, pensions, or profits, instruments wherein one or more persons are mere nominees for another, or trusts created in deposits in any banking institution or savings and loan institution.

(5) “Will” means a will of a decedent and includes a testament or codicil.