remainderman

[ri-meyn-der-muhn]

noun

Law.

plural

remaindermen 

1. a person who owns a remainder.

remainderman

/ rɪˈmeɪndəˌmæn /

noun

1. property law the person entitled to receive a particular estate on its determination Compare reversioner

Word History and Origins

Origin of remainderman¹

First recorded in 1735–45; remainder + man

Example Sentences

Accordingly, no constitutional right is violated by the retroactive application to an estate on which administration had already begun of a statute which had the effect of taking away a remainderman's right to judicial examination of the trustee's computation of income.

From Project Gutenberg

If to these not improbable results we add all the family feuds generated between the tenant for life and remainderman, in regard to the management and enjoyment by the former of that estate which was once his own, particularly with reference to cutting timber, the disadvantages of thus fettering the dominion will appear greatly to preponderate.

From Project Gutenberg