life estate pur autre vie

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von life estate pur autre vie im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Example: 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.

Silbentrennung

life es·tate Pu·r autre vie

Etymologie

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