Expectant right
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A contingent right, not vested; one which depends on the continued existence of the present condition of things until the happening of some future event. Pearsall v. Great Northern RCo... 161 U. S. 646, 16 Sup. Ct. 705, 40 1. Ed. 838.
—Expectation of life, in the doctrine of life annuities, is the share or number of years of life which a person of a given age may, upon an equality of chance, expect to enjoy. Wharton.
Defined under Expect in Black's Law Dictionary.