residuary

English

Adjective

residuary (not comparable)

Of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 509:
  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.
(law) 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.

Derived terms

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

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Russian: оста́точный (ru) (ostátočnyj)

Noun

residuary (plural residuaries)

One who receives the residue of an estate.

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