Half-Secret Trust Definition: A secret trust in which the donor announces the trust but not the objects or the beneficiaries. In Secret Trusts, author S. Rule wrote: "A half-secret trust ... the instrument indicates that the donee has obligations, but does not name the beneficiaries or other objects of those obligations." REFERENCES: Duhaime, Lloyd, Elderlaw, Wills, Trust & Estate Law Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Secret Trust Duhaime, Lloyd, Secret Trusts: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too Rule, S., Secret Trusts, Ch. 4 of Estate Litigation 2009 (Vancover: CLE, 2009), page 4.1.1 Categories & Topics: Trusts, Wills, Estates and Probate Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!