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life estates

life estates is the plural of life estate.

Meaning of life estate

Noun

life estate (plural life estates)

  1. An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that party.

Questions about life estates

What is life estates the plural of?
Life estates is the plural of life estate.

Words near life estates in the dictionary

  1. life cycles
  2. life drawing
  3. life drawings
  4. life estate
  5. life estate pur autre vie
  6. life estates
  7. life estates pur autre vie
  8. life eternal
  9. life event
  10. life events
  11. life everlasting

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