HyperDic: estate_for_life

English > 1 sense of the expression estate for life:
NOUNpossessionestate for life, life estate(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
English > estate for life: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it.
Synonymlife estate
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
NarrowerdowerA life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
BroaderestateEverything you own
Spanishbienes vitalicios, propiedad vitalicia, usufructo

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