Conditional Legacy
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A bequest whose existence depends upon the happenor to be defeated. 1 Rop. Leg. (3d Ed.) 645.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One which is liable to take effect or to be defeated according to the occurrence or non-occurrence of some uncertain event. Harker v. Smith, 41 Ohio St. 238, 52 Am. Rep. 80; Markham v. Hufford, 123 Mich. 505, 82 N. W. 222, 48 L. R. A. 580, 81 Am. St, Rep. 222.
Defined under Legacy in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One which is liable tu take effect or to be defeated according to the occurrence or non-oceurrence of some uncertain event.