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residuary en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed.
    • Between residuary sobs she drank it like water, sitting up, Robert Loo on the bed's edge, his finger-tips on the base of the glass. 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 509:
  2. (not-comparable) With respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out.

Deriveds

residuary legatee · residuary clause · nonresiduary · residuary bequest · residuary taker · residuary beneficiary · residuary estate · residuary devise

residuary en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. One who receives the residue of an estate.

Forms

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