residuary

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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

Last week when the will of Cornelius' widow, Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt, was probated, liveliest news was that she had left her residuary estate to her onetime estranged second son, Brigadier General Cornelius III.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In the seclusion of her room she opened and thoroughly searched the box, but found only the original will in which John Thaneford had been named the residuary legatee.

From In Jeopardy by Sutphen, Van Tassel