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contingent remainders

contingent remainders is the plural of contingent remainder.

Meaning of contingent remainder

Noun

contingent remainder (plural contingent remainders)

  1. An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.
    • Joe leaves property "to Mike for life, and then to Mike's oldest surviving child"; since it is not known who will be Mike's oldest surviving child at the time of Mike's death, ownership of the property is a contingent remainder.

Questions about contingent remainders

What is contingent remainders the plural of?
Contingent remainders is the plural of contingent remainder.

Words near contingent remainders in the dictionary

  1. contingency tables
  2. contingent
  3. contingent claim
  4. contingent claims
  5. contingent remainder
  6. contingent remainders
  7. contingent symbiosis
  8. contingent valuation
  9. contingent valuations
  10. contingential
  11. contingentism

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