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Princeton's WordNet

  1. life estate, estate for lifenoun

    (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

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  1. estate for lifenoun

    A life estate.

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  1. estate for life

    In common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of immovable property for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms, it is an estate in real property that ends at death when ownership of the property may revert to the original owner, or it may pass to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant". In the combined jurisdiction of England and Wales since 1925 a freehold estate intended to be 'held' as a life interest takes effect only as an interest enjoyed in equity, specifically as an interest in possession trust. The other type of land ownership is leasehold and although most long leases are for a period of between 99 and 999 years 'leases for life' will be interpreted in often unpredictable ways as either as a licence or a lease.

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  1. estate for life

    An estate for life, also known as life estate, is a legal arrangement in property law where one individual is granted the rights to use, occupy, and benefit from a property for the duration of their lifetime. After the death of the life tenant, the property then reverts to the original owner or a named beneficiary. The individual with the life estate cannot sell, give away, or leave the property in a will.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of estate for life in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of estate for life in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of estate for life in a Sentence

  1. William Hazlitt:

    Good temper is an estate for life.

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