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 ( 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
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
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
Thus the residuary products on the submerged surface, were one source of sediments.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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