life estate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If she is on Medicare/SSDI, you could buy her a home with your own funds and either lease it to her and/or allow her to live in it as a life estate.
From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026
A will cannot override a previously recorded life estate, since the decedent no longer holds full ownership of the property at the time of death.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Generally, a life estate trumps a prenuptial agreement, and a prenup trumps a will.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Discuss the merits of a life estate with your husband.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
He raised the needed money from usurers by giving them a mortgage on his own life estate in Lone itself.
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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