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residuary estate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
resid-uary es-tate
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails (for example, due to the death of the intended beneficiary preceding that of the testator).

Inflected Forms

residuary estates (plural)

Phrases

residuary beneficiary residuary bequest residuary clause residuary legatee residuary taker

Frequently Paired Words

residuary beneficiary residuary bequest residuary clause residuary legatee residuary taker

Questions

What does residuary estate mean?
Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails (for example, due to the death of the intended beneficiary preceding that of the testator).

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