- present estate
- An estate which is presently vested.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
present estate
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present — A gift; a gratuity; anything presented or given present, adj Now existing; at hand; relating to the present time; considered with reference to the present time. See also presentment @ present ability As used in describing an element of the crime… … Black's law dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… … Black's law dictionary
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estate in reversion — reversion or estate in reversion /(asteyt in) ravarzhan/ A future interest under which a grantor retains a present right to a future interest in property that the grantor conveys to another; usually the residue of a life estate. The residue of an … Black's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time. An estate giving a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. One in which the right to pernancy of the profits is postponed to some future… … Black's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time. An estate giving a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. One in which the right to pernancy of the profits is postponed to some future… … Black's law dictionary
estate vested in possession — An estate whereof there is a right of present enjoyment. 28 Am J2d Est § 2. See vested estate … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — an estate either vested or contingent in which one has a present right or interest but of which the possession is postponed or limited to take effect at some future time or upon some future event … Useful english dictionary
