spray trust definition
Discretion given to a trustee to distribute income from a trust fund disproportionately between beneficiaries. Related Terms: Discretionary Trust, Trust, Fixed Trust, Spendthrift Trust. Also sometimes referred to as a spray trust. In Friedman, Justice Fletcher of the Supreme Court of Georgia adopted this definition: A spray or sprinkling trust is one in which the trustee has the discretion to either accumulate or distribute income.. Generally, without contrary instruction, a trustee must keep an even hand between beneficiaries of a trust, such as an executor and child beneficiaries.