Life Annuity
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An anneal income to be paid during the continuation of a particular life. See "Annuity."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Annuity.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
An annual income, the payments of which depend on the continuance of any given life or lives. Life assurance: a species of insurance, by which the insurer, in consideration of a sum in gross, or of periodical payments, undertakes to pay a certain sum, or an annuity, on the death of a person whose life is insured. Life policy: a policy of life assurance. Life estate: an estate held for the life of the holder, or of some other person; a freehold estate, not of inheritance.
In Scots law. Life-rent: an estate for life. Life-renter: a tenant for life; a person entitled to use and enjoy during life, without destroying or wasting the substance.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An engagement to pay an income yearly during tie life of some person; also the sum thus promised.