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cestui que vie

cestui que vie noun: an individual whose lifetime measures the duration of a gift, trust, estate, or insurance contract lasting as long the individual lives.

Noun

cestui que vie

  1. An individual whose lifetime measures the duration of a gift, trust, estate, or insurance contract lasting as long the individual lives.

Questions about cestui que vie

What does cestui que vie mean?
Cestui que vie means an individual whose lifetime measures the duration of a gift, trust, estate, or insurance contract lasting as long the individual lives.
What part of speech is cestui que vie?
Cestui que vie is a noun.

Words near cestui que vie in the dictionary

  1. cestuan
  2. cestui
  3. cestui que
  4. cestui que trust
  5. cestui que use
  6. cestui que vie
  7. cestuies
  8. cestuies que trust
  9. cestuis
  10. cestuis que trust
  11. cestuis que use

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