Residuary Estate
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
What remains of testator's estate after deducting the debts and the bequests and devises.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
What remains of a testator’s estate after deducting the debts and the bequests and devises. queathed by will. Rop. Leg.; Powell, Mortg. An agreement to a law or other thing See Legacy. adopted by a legislature or popular assembly.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Residuary in Black's Law Dictionary.