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Residuary Clause

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

4 Kent, Comm. 541*; 2 Williams, Ex'rs, 1014, note 2.