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RESIDUARY LEGATEE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

Person entitled under a will to the balance of personal estate remaining after paying the debts, expenses and legacies bequeathed by the will, but this meaning may be extended, if the context of the will so requires, so as to include the real estate as well. (Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary, 6th ed., 1976, p. 290)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

«Légataire du reliquat» est ici la forme elliptique de «légataire du reliquat de biens personnels».

OBS

légataire du reliquat de biens personnels; légataire du reliquat : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

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