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
When Mr. Bagley died in 1932, Mr. Brown was left residuary legatee of his estate, said to have amounted to not more than $50.000.
From Time Magazine Archive
To his adopted son, Publisher Peter Llewellyn Davies, inspiration for Peter Pan, he left �6,000 and half the residuary estate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even when courts for all ordinary causes had been established, a reserve of Chancery. residuary justice remained with the king.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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