Under Declaration of Trust. UDT is an abbreviation for âunder declaration of trust,â which is the legal language used in some trust instruments to indicate that the grantor is both creating the trust and controlling its assets. When a trust is created under declaration of trust, the grantor and the trustee are the same party.
Definition of despot for English Language Learners. : a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways.
A ruler who governs with an iron fist, caring little for the welfare of the people, can be called despotic. Dictators and tyrants are often described as despotic. Despotic is the adjective form of the noun despot, which means tyrannical ruler.. If you live under despotic rule, you probably have few rights and may fear your government. Use despotic to describe rulers that rely on brute force (or the threat of it) rather than the rule of law to keep order.