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Residuary

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Pertaining to the residue; constituting the residue; giving or bequeathing the residue; receiving or entitled to the residue. Riker v. Cornwell, 113 N. Y. 115, 20 N. E. 602; Kerr v. Dougherty, 79 N. Y. 359; Lamb v. Lamb, 60 Hun, 577, 14 N. Y. Supp. 206.

Residuary account. In English practice. The account which every executor and administrator, after paying the debts and particniar legacies of the deceased, and bsfore paying over the residuum, must pass before the board of inland revenue. Mozley & Whitley.

Residuary clause. The clause in a will by which that part of the property is disposed of which remains after satisfying previous, bequests and devises.

Residnary devise and devisee. See Devise.

Residuary estate. The remaining part of a testator's estate and effects, after payment of debts and legacies ; or that portion of his estate which has not been particularly devised or bequeathed. See Wetmore v. St. Luke's Hospital, 56 Hun, 313, 9 N. Y. Supp. 753.

Residuary legacy. See Legacy.