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Life estate   /laɪf ɪstˈeɪt/   Listen
Life estate

noun
1.
(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it.  Synonym: estate for life.






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"Life estate" Quotes from Famous Books



... estates at will, and estates by sufferance. An estate for life is an estate conveyed to a person for the term of his natural life. Life estates held by lease, however, are not common in this country. Another kind of life estate is that which is acquired, not by the acts of the parties, as by lease, but by the operation of law. Such is the right of a husband to the real estate of his wife acquired by her before or after marriage. Such ...
— The Government Class Book • Andrew W. Young



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