Thus, some people choose to set up a trust (often called a revocable living trust), a legal entity to which a person can assign all of their assets while they are alive.

所以，有些人选择设立信托（通常称为可撤回的生前信托），这是一种合法的实体，一个人可以在他活着的时候分配他所有的资产。

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The companies would run as two entities with different rate schedules but would be one legal entity, which would at least partially obviate the anti-trust concerns.

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