remaindershipn.
/rᵻˈmeɪndəʃɪp/, U.S. /rəˈmeɪndərˌʃɪp/, /riˈmeɪndərʃɪp/ Law. Now rare.
A remainder (remainder n. 1); the fact of there being a remainder.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > remaindership
remainderyc1613
remaindership1821
1821 T. D. Fosbroke Berkeley Manuscripts 71 The Nunnery..had a kind of hold or remaindership at Berkeley till King Stephen's death.
1826 J. Burke Gen. & Heraldic Dict. 241/2 Hildebrand Oakes, who was created a baronet.., obtained a new patent.., extending the remaindership to his brother, Henry Oakes, esq., and his issue male.
1893 Notes & Queries 8th Ser. 4 461/2 This unusual series of remainderships.
1998 M. R. Friedman Friedman on Contracts & Conveyances of Real Prop. (ed. 6) I. iv. 406 Such additional time as may be necessary by reason of contingencies of remaindership, infancy, and other disabilities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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