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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

He for whose life an estate is to exist.

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.