Trust a legal entity which owns property, and administers and disposes of those assets. A trust is usually expressed in a document, but the document is not the trust. Assets owned by a trust do not pass through the probate estate. Trustee the person who administers your trust. For tax and administrative reasons, your professional advisor might counsel you to use different trustees for different purposes.
Trustor see settlor.
Will the document through which you make your wishes regarding your probate estate known. A handwritten will is not valid in Maryland unless validly executed as set forth above.