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life estate — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life estate … Law dictionary
Life estate — A life estate is a concept used in common law and statutory law to designate the ownership of land for the duration of a person s life. In legal terms it is an estate in real property that ends at death. The owner of a life estate is called a… … Wikipedia
Life estate — Life Life (l[imac]f), n.; pl. {Lives} (l[imac]vz). [AS. l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See {Live}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
life estate — ➔ estate * * * life estate UK US noun [C] LAW, PROPERTY ► the legal right to own and control a property, such as a building or piece of land, for the length of time that you are alive: »The life estate deed allows the older couple to own the… … Financial and business terms
life estate — An estate to be held by grantee or devisee for the term of his own life, or for that of another person, or for more lives than one. 28 Am J2d Est § 56; 33 Am J1st Life Est § 2. An estate of freehold, not of inheritance. 28 Am J2d Est § 56. A life … Ballentine's law dictionary
life estate by operation of law — A life estate which comes into existence without any act of the parties, such as that which springs from curtesy or dower. 33 Am J1st Life Est § 2 … Ballentine'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 for life — index freehold Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 estate for life … Law dictionary
life tenant — n: a tenant having possession of property for the duration of his or her life: one having a life estate in property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life tenant … Law dictionary
life interest — see interest 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life interest n … Law dictionary
life estate — noun (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it • Syn: ↑estate for life • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑estate … Useful english dictionary
