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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In wills, the net proceeds of the estate; that which remains after paying debts. See 3 N. Y. 276.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Proceeds; profits.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Profits or proceeds, as the avails of a sale at auction. Webst. Diet. With reference to wills it applies to the proceeds of an estate after the debts have been paid; Mc Naughton v. Mc Naughton, 34 N. Y. 201; Allen v. De Witt, 3 id. 276.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Profits or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only in reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the debut 1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1039. See Allen v. De Witt, 3 N. Y. 279; McNaughton v. McNaughton, 34 N. Y. 201.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Profits; proceeds; the proceeds

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only in reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the debts. 1 Amer. & Eng. Ene. Law, 1089. See3 N. Y. 276, 34.N. Y, 201.