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Residue

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The surplus of a testator's estate remaining after all the debts and particular legacies have been discharged.

2 BL Comm. 514.

The "residue" of a testator's estate and effects means what is left after all liabilities are discharged, and nil the purposes of the testator, specifically expressed in his will, are carried into effect.

Giaves v. Howard, 56 N. C. 302.