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Residuary

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Pertaining to the residue; constituting the residue; giving or bequeathing the residue; receiving or entitled to the residue. Riker v. Cornwell, 113 N. Y. 115, 20 N. E. 602; Kerr v. Dougherty, 79 N. Y. 359; Lamb v. Lamb, 60 Hun, 577, 14 N. Y. Supp. 206.

Residuary account. In English practice. The account which every executor and administrator, after paying the debts and particniar legacies of the deceased, and bsfore paying over the residuum, must pass before the board of inland revenue. Mozley & Whitley.

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

Residnary devise and devisee. See Devise.

Residuary estate. The remaining part of a testator's estate and effects, after payment of debts and legacies ; or that portion of his estate which has not been particularly devised or bequeathed. See Wetmore v. St. Luke's Hospital, 56 Hun, 313, 9 N. Y. Supp. 753.

Residuary legacy. See Legacy.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Relating to the residue; giving, taking, or constituting the residue. Residuary clause: a clause in a will by which the testator disposes of such part of his estate as remains undisposed of by previous devises or bequests. Residuary devisee: the person named in a will, who is to take all the real property remaining over and above the other devises. Residuary estate: that part of a testator's estate which remains after payment of debts and legacies. Residuary legatee: the person to whom a testator bequeaths the residue of his personal estate, after the payment of specific legacies

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Of the residue, v. Legacy.