Life Estate
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it, or of some other person; a freehold estate, not of inheritance. 4 Kent, Comm. 23, 25.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Estate fob Life; Tenant fob Life.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it, or of some other person ; a freehold estate, not of inhe not amounting to ownership, and limited by a term of life, either that of the person in whom the right is vested or that of another.
Defined under Life in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it, or of some other person; a freehold estate, not of inheritance.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Estate.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Vide Estate 1 it forth to the public; it is the imfor life, and 3 Saund. 33%, h, note; mediate foundation and substratum 2 Kent, Com. 285; 4 Kent, Com. of the contract that it is so: the law 23; 1 Hov. Suppl. to Ves. jr. 371, presumes a promise to that effect on 381; 2 Id. 45, 249, 330, - ~~ art of the carrier without actual: 467; Com. Dig. 714. proof, and every reason of sound