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RESIDUE (through the French, from the Lat. residuum, a remainder, from residere, to remain)

RESIDUE (through the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French, from the See also:
LAT
Lat. residuum, a See also:
REMAINDER, REVERSION
remainder, from residere, to remain) , in See also:

law, that which remains of a testator's See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate after all debts and legacies are discharged, and funeral, See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and other expenses paid. The See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to whom this residue or surplus is See also:

LEFT

left is termed the residuary legatee; should none be mentioned in the will the residue goes to the next of See also:

KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin (see EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS; See also:

LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

LEGACY; WILL).

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