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residuary

[ri-zij-oo-er-ee] / rɪˈzɪdʒ uˌɛr i /




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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

Ann Woodward, 43, and her two sons, William III, 15, and James, 11, each get the income from a third of the residuary estate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spluttering, he refused to be "residuary legatee of a dog."

From Time Magazine Archive

To Bowdoin College he gave land, money and apparatus; and he made the college his residuary legatee, bequeathing to it his collection of paintings and drawings, then considered the finest in the country.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various


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