| 单词 | life estate |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife estate life estate n. Law an estate or property which a person holds for life but cannot dispose of further; (also) = life interest n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest > during lifetime only life estate1701 life interest1721 1701 Abridgm. Act Execution Declar. Settlement Ireland 53 Their Election to take the Reversion in Fee of such Lands upon the determinations of the Life Estate, in lieu of their 2 third parts for the same. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Life estates..are either for the life of the owner, or for the life of another, or others. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 111 The fee expectant on his wife's life estate. 1906 Times 6 Apr. 6/1 Lord Davey..set at rest a doubt whether a married woman could alone be protector of a settlement in respect of a life estate which was her separate property. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Sept. xi. 11/3 It is possible for a property owner to sell a home while retaining a ‘life estate’ that allows him to remain for the rest of his life. < as lemmas |
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