contingent remainder
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 73 U.S. 458 - Doe Lessee of Poor v. Considine · 1867Most cited · 209 citing opinions
A contingent remainder is where the estate in remainder is limited either to a dubious and uncertain person, or upon the happening of a dubious and uncertain event.
How often courts cite the cases defining “contingent remainder”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “contingent remainder” — 255 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1867–1873
The estate given to the children of Richard was a contingent remainder. Upon the birth of the first child it would have vested, but subject to open and let in after-born children.