Cestui Que Vie
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
He whose life Is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 88. CESTUY QUE DOIT' INHERITER AL pere doit inheriter al fils. He who would have been heir to the father of the deceased shall also be heir of the son. Fitzh. Abr. "Descent" (2); 2 Bl. Comm. 239, 250. CF. Abbreviation of conferee, compare. CHACE (Law Fr.) A chase or hunting ground. Chacra, a chase or hunting.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
He whose life is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. R. P. 88.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
He whose life is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 88. The person for whose life any lands, tenements, or hereditaments are held.
Defined under Cestui, Cestuy in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
he for whiose life land is holden by another person; the latter is called tenant per auter vie, or tenant for another’s life. Vide Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.