estate for life — noun (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it • Syn: ↑life estate • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑estate • … Useful english dictionary
estate for life — noun A life estate … Wiktionary
tenant for life — a person entitled under a trust to the use of or income from property for the duration of his life. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. tenant for life … Law dictionary
life estate — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life estate … Law dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
Estate — Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came to man … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trees for Life (Scotland) — Infobox Company company name = Trees for Life company company type = Conservation charity foundation = 1981 location = The Park, Findhorn Bay, Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom key people = Hayley Mills,Muriel Gray, patrons Alan Watson… … Wikipedia
tenancy for life — See life estate; life tenant … Ballentine's law dictionary
tenancy for life — noun A life estate … Wiktionary
estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… … Black's law dictionary
