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life interest en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right.
    • Under this Will you will perceive that you take a life-interest in about half of the late Mr. Vincey's property, now invested in Consols, subject to your acceptance of the guardianship of his only son, Leo Vincey, at present an infant, aged five. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

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life interests Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

remainderman

Hyponyms

life estate

Relateds

life tenant

Synonyms

life rent

Translations (4)

fi elinkorko (lifetime right) · et aastarendis (lifetime right) · sv livsränta (lifetime right) · de Leibrente (lifetime right)