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Estate In Remainder

An estate limited to take effect in possession, or in enjoyment, or in both, subject only to any term of years or contingent interest that may intervene, immediately after the regular ex-piration of a particular estate of freehold previously created together with it, by the same instrument, out of the same subject of property. 2 Fearne, Rem. § 159; 2 BL Comm. 163; 1 Greenl. Cruise, Dig. 701

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)