Cestui Que Vie

What Does Cestui Que Vie Mean?

Cestui que vie is a legal term for the person entitled to receive the proceeds of a life insurance policy upon the death of the insured.

This term is considered outdated; today, a cestui que vie is referred to as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.

Insuranceopedia Explains Cestui Que Vie

Cestui que vie is derived from the broader concept of cestui que, a term that designates a person entitled to an estate held in trust, granting them an equitable right to all rents, issues, and profits generated from that estate. The term cestui que has been superseded by the modern legal term “beneficiary.”

Cestui que vie specifically refers to a cestui que concerning a person’s life, meaning the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.