Indestructibility
Definition of "Indestructibility"
- Characteristic of a trust that prevents the invasion of its principal by the trustees while providing a lifetime income to its principal beneficiary with the rest going to the son's children or to the daughter's children in the event the son fails to have children.
- Characteristic of a material or of a design causing it to be extremely durable even under the most extreme circumstances. For example, a bomb shelter is designed to have a high level of destructibility in order to protect its occupants under the most extreme wartime conditions.
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