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Residuary

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Adjective

1. residuary

entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts)

Example Sentences:
'the residuary part of the estate'
'the residuary beneficiary'

2. residual, residuary

relating to or indicating a remainder

Example Sentences:
'residual quantity'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Residuary

see synonyms of residuary
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or constituting a residue; residual
2. law
entitled to the residue of an estate after payment of debts and distribution of specific gifts

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Residuary

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adjective
1. 
of, or having the nature of, a residue or residuum; remaining; leftover
2.  Law
a. 
receiving the residue of an estate after specific bequests
a residuary legatee
b. 
giving the disposition of the residue of an estate after specific bequests
the residuary clause in a will

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Residuary

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n.
1. The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part.
2.
a. Matter remaining after completion of an abstractive chemical or physical process, such as evaporation, combustion, distillation, or filtration; residuum.
b. The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.
3. Law The remainder of a testator's estate after all specific bequests and applicable debts and expenses have been disposed of. Also called residuum.

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