St. Lawrence Seaway definition, a series of channels, locks, and canals between Montreal and the mouth of Lake Ontario, a distance of 182 miles (293 km), enabling most deep-draft vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean, up the St. Lawrence River, to all the Great Lakes ports: developed jointly by the U.S. and Canada. See more.
A uniform transfer to minors account, or UTMA, is a way that grandparents can put money away for their grandchildren. Sometimes called custodial accounts, UTMA accounts generally stay under the control of an adult custodian until the child reaches the age of majority.
UGMA & UTMA Custodial Accounts. In most states, minors do not have the right to contract, and so cannot own stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities and life insurance policies. In particular, parents cannot simply transfer assets to their minor children, but instead must transfer the assets to a trust. The most common trust for a minor is known as a custodial account (an UGMA or UTMA account). The Uniform Gift to Minors Act (UGMA) established a simple way for a minor to own securities without requiring the services of an attorney to prepare trust documents or the court appointment of a trustee.