The wife took a dower, or life estate in one-third of the husband's lands after his death, whether there were children or not.
The devise of a life estate to a wife will not defeat her right to her distributive share in the real estate owned by the husband at the time of his death.
If a wife die without a will, the widower has a life estate in her real property, if there has been issue born alive, and all of her personal property absolutely, subject to her debts.
After the death of either husband or wife, the survivor is given a life estate in one-third of the realty of the deceased and an absolute estate in one-half of the personalty.
The tenth section gave to married men and married women a life estatein certain cases in one-third of all the real estate of which the wife or husband died seized.
At the decease of husband or wife, leaving no minor child or children, the survivor shall hold, possess, and enjoy a life estate in one-third of all the real estate of which the husband or wife died seized.
The eleventh section, so far as it gave a life estate, is the same as the tenth.
Defn: A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.
Note: Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women.
Life rent, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to which one is entitled during one's life.
Life estate (Law), an estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life, but does not pass by inheritance.
Defn: In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "life estate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
