Remainder - Law Dictionary Search Results

Hyphen

dash thus placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word the remainder of which is carried to the next line or between the parts of many a compound word as

of a stranger after a particular estate of freehold is determined before the person who holds it in remainder or reversion has taken possession b : the act of wrongfully entering upon, seizing, or taking possession of

give

give gave giv·en giv·ing 1 a : to make a gift of [I the remainder of my estate to my wife] compare convey, sell b : to grant or bestow by formal action

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generation-skipping transfer

qualifies as a generation-skipping transfer, as does a transfer of a life estate to a child with a remainder in the grandchild. Such transfers are subject to a generation-skipping transfer tax.

fee simple

a fee granted to an individual and to that individual's descendants which is subject to a reversion or remainder if the grantee has no lineal descendants but which becomes a fee simple absolute and freely alienable upon

fee

is granted to an individual and to that individual's descendants, which is subject to a reversion or a remainder if a tenant in tail dies with no lineal descendants, and which is not freely alienable see also

destructibility of contingent remainders

destructibility of contingent remainders :a now largely abolished rule in the law of estates that a contingent remainder that fails to vest

condominium

of portions of the property (as units in an apartment building) and undivided or joint ownership of the remainder (as the common areas of an apartment building) [the conversion of real property to the form of ownership

Fan tan

small objects are placed upon a table usually under a cup and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four

wait and see

postpones determining the question of validity of a future interest that has not yet vested (as a contingent remainder) until circumstances make clear whether or not the interest will vest within a time limit compare rule against

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