rest, residue, and remainder
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all the rest, residue, and remainder — See residuary clause … Ballentine's law dictionary
remainder — re·main·der n [Anglo French, from Old French remaindre to remain] 1: an estate in property in favor of one other than the grantor that follows upon the natural termination of a prior intervening possessory estate (as a life estate) created at the … Law dictionary
residue — res·i·due / re zə ˌdü, ˌdyü/ n: something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated; specif: the part of a testator s estate remaining after the satisfaction of all debts, charges, taxes, and legacies other than residuary… … Law dictionary
remainder — The remnant of an estate in land, depending upon a particular prior estate created at the same time and by the same instrument, and limited to arise immediately on the determination of that estate, and not in abridgement of it. A future interest… … Black's law dictionary
rest and residue — noun or rest, residue, and remainder Etymology: rest (V) : the residuary estate of a testator … Useful english dictionary
remainder — remainder, residue, residuum, remains, leavings, rest, balance, remnant can all mean what is left after the subtraction or removal of a part. Remainder is the technical term for the result in the arithmetical process of subtraction {subtract 8… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Residue — Res i*due (r?z ? d?), n. [F. r[ e]sidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See {Reside}, and cf. {Residuum}.] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Remainder — Re*main der (r? m?n d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf. See {Remain}.] 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. The last remainders of unhappy Troy. Dryden. [1913 Webster] If these decoctions… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
remainder — [ri mān′dər] n. [ME remaindre < Anglo Fr substantive use of OFr inf.: see REMAIN] 1. those remaining 2. what is left when a part is taken away; the rest 3. a copy or number of copies of a book still held by a publisher when the sale has fallen … English World dictionary
Abatement of debts and legacies — is a common law doctrine of wills that holds that when the equitable assets of a deceased person are not sufficient to satisfy fully all the creditors, their debts must abate proportionately, and they must accept a dividend.In the case of… … Wikipedia
