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(law) An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.
adj
(law) concerning assets remaining in an estate after the death or removal of the estate administrator; remaining assets as distributed by the second administrator (administrator bonis non)
n
(law, historical, Scotland) The part of a man's movable property which he may bequeath by will, and which is not due to wife and children.
n
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
n
(law) A proportion of a decedent's estate which the surviving spouse may claim, as a substitute for what they were left in the decedent's will.
adj
(law) Against a thing (such as property) rather than a person.
n
(law) The process of changing a subsidiary title, such as that of a tenant, to one that is independently held.
n
(law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
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(law) A trust which is funded by the remainder of the trustors estate left over after all specific bequests have been funded.
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(law) One to whom an estate in a remainder is devised.
n
(law) A person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.
n
A person who remains, typically when most others leave
n
(real estate, property law) Clipping of residential real estate.
adj
(law) With respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out.
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(law) The part of the testator's will in which the residue of his/her estate is disposed of.
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(law) The person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will.
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(law) Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails (for example, due to the death of the intended beneficiary preceding that of the testator).
n
(law) The person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.
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(law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
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(law) The residue of an estate.
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(law, Scotland) An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.
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(property law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
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(law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
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(law) A future interest in an estate in land which is certain to vest at some future point.
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(law) A future interest held by a member of a class, for which the interest is certain to vest, but for which new members may enter the class before the interest vests, thereby reducing each member's share of the total interest.
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