English Explanatory Dictionary

residuary estate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

residuary estate residuary estates

Related words

residuary beneficiary residuary bequest residuary clause residuary legatee residuary taker
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on R Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary