contingent remainder

短语

[经] 或有继承权

词形变化

contingent remainders 复数 contingent remainders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.

    法律

    Joe leaves property "to Mike for life, and then to Mike's oldest surviving child"; since it is not known who will be Mike's oldest surviving child at the time of Mike's death, ownership of the property is a contingent remainder.