adjective
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of, relating to, or constituting a residue; residual
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law entitled to the residue of an estate after payment of debts and distribution of specific gifts
Etymology
Origin of residuary
1720–30; < Latin residu ( um ) what is left over ( see residual) + -ary
Example Sentences
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My mother retained the other 50% as part of her residuary trust, which excluded me as a beneficiary.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announced Wednesday it was named to receive the residuary estate of Peter Grayson Letz, who died last September.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
Ann Woodward, 43, and her two sons, William III, 15, and James, 11, each get the income from a third of the residuary estate.
From Time Magazine Archive
This week President Dennett announced those gifts for the first time, revealed that to late they totaled $2,900,000, that when Hopkins died in June he had made his residuary legatee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its powers, in other words, are residuary in character, rather than delegated or granted.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner
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