contingent remainder — see remainder Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. contingent remainder … Law dictionary
contingent remainder — noun An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests. Example: Joe leaves property to Mike for life, and then to Mikes oldest surviving child ; since it is not known who will be Mikes oldest… … Wiktionary
contingent remainder — /kənˌtɪndʒənt rəˈmeɪndə/ (say kuhn.tinjuhnt ruh maynduh) noun Law a future interest in property which comes into possession only on the happening of a contingency, as attaining the age of twenty one years …
remainder — re·main·der n [Anglo French, from Old French remaindre to remain] 1: an estate in property in favor of one other than the grantor that follows upon the natural termination of a prior intervening possessory estate (as a life estate) created at the … Law dictionary
contingent — con·tin·gent /kən tin jənt/ adj 1: likely but not certain to happen compare executory 2: intended for use in circumstances not completely foreseen a contingent fund 3: dependent on or conditioned by something else … Law dictionary
contingent interest — see interest 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. contingent interest … Law dictionary
remainder subject to a condition precedent — See: contingent remainder Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
Remainder (law) — Property law Part of … Wikipedia
remainder — The remnant of an estate in land, depending upon a particular prior estate created at the same time and by the same instrument, and limited to arise immediately on the determination of that estate, and not in abridgement of it. A future interest… … Black's law dictionary
remainder — /ri mayn deuhr/, n. 1. something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day. 2. a remaining part. 3. Arith. a. the quantity that remains after subtraction. b. the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor. 4. Math … Universalium