Executory Estates
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Interests which depend for their enjoyment upon some subsequent event or contingency. Such estate may be an executory devise, or an executory remainder, which is the same as a contingent remainder, because no present interest passes.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Interests which may be an executory devise, or an executory remainder, which is the same as a contingent remainder, because no present interest passes. EXECUTORY PROCESS {Via Exccutoria). In Louisiana, a process which can be resorted to in two cases, namely: 1. When the right of the creditor arises from an act importing confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2. When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought. Code of Practice, art. 732.