Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life estate pur autre vie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: life es-tate pur autre vie
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An estate in land which is given by a grantor to a party only for the duration of the life of a third party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that third party.

Example Sentences

"Joe gives property "to Mike for the life of Bob"; Joe has created a life estate pur autre vie for Mike, but when Bob dies, the property automatically reverts to Joe."

Etymology

From life estate + Old French pur ("for"), autre ("another"), vie ("life").

Inflected Forms

life estates pur autre vie (plural)

Questions

What does life estate pur autre vie mean?: An estate in land which is given by a grantor to a party only for the duration of the life of a third party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that third party.
Where does life estate pur autre vie come from?: From life estate + Old French pur ("for"), autre ("another"), vie ("life").

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