Residuary
[rezidjuri]
Definition
(adj.) entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts); 'the residuary part of the estate'; 'the residuary beneficiary' .
Editor: Margaret--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.
Inputed by Hannibal
Examples
- All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It can't be denied that undeserving people have been legatees, and even residuary legatees. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Inputed by Hannibal