life estate pur autre vie

短语

词形变化

life estates pur autre vie 复数 life estates pur autre vie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An estate in land which is given by a grantor to a party only for the duration of the life of a third party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that third party.

    法律

    Joe gives property "to Mike for the life of Bob"; Joe has created a life estate pur autre vie for Mike, but when Bob dies, the property automatically reverts to Joe.

词源

From life estate + Old French pur ("for"), autre ("another"), vie ("life").

来源：wiktionary