life estate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Don’t miss: ‘People are often unreasonable’: My husband, 62, gave me a 5-year life estate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In a worst-case scenario, they could auction it off in a tax-foreclosure sale to recover the back taxes, thereby invalidating the life estate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“But if mom or dad has to go to a nursing home, that life estate has value,” Letsch said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In return, he says he will give you $400,000, a $140,000 car and a life estate in his home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 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 Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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