residuary

[ri-zij-oo-er-ee]

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adjective

entitled to the residue of an estate: a residuary legatee.

pertaining to or of the nature of a residue, remainder, or residuum.

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Origin of residuary

1720–30; < Latin residu(um) what is left over (see residual) + -ary

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Examples from the Web for residuary

This blemish was avoided in the Canadian constitution by vesting all residuary powers in the central government and legislature.
George Brown|John Lewis
And then the three harpooneers were bidden to the feast, they being its residuary legatees.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
This one contained his will, in which Ibsen figured as his residuary legatee.
Hedda Gabler|Henrik Ibsen
With these residuary soils of the driftless area, the mantle rock of glaciated tracts is in sharp contrast.
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin|Rollin D. Salisbury

The residuary convicts of New South Wales indicated their character by their long detention.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West

British Dictionary definitions for residuary

residuary

adjective

of, relating to, or constituting a residue; residual

law entitled to the residue of an estate after payment of debts and distribution of specific gifts

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