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Residuary estate

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residuary devisenoun(law) The person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will.
residuary clausenoun(law) The part of the testator's will in which the residue of the estate is disposed of.
residuumnounThe residue, remainder or rest of something.
residuary legateenoun(law) The person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.
residuarynounOne who receives the residue of an estate.
residuenounThat which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
remaindernounA part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
rest, residue and remaindernoun(law) The part left over (especially of an estate).
remaindershipnounThe right to inherit land or title when the current possessor of that land or title dies without an heir.
remainder trustnoun(law) A trust which is funded by the remainder of the trustors estate left over after all specific bequests have been funded.
deviseverb(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
remaindermannoun(law) A person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.
remainder-mannounAlternative form of remainderman. [(law) A person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.]
realtynounReal estate; a piece of real property; land.
reverteenoun(law) One whose estate or land is reverted.
reversionnounThe action of returning to a former condition or practice.
vested remaindernoun(law) A future interest in an estate in land which is certain to vest at some future point.
ademptionnoun(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
dead's partnoun(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.
bequestnounThat which is left by will; a legacy.

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