life estate

English

Noun

life estate (plural life estates)

1. (law) An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that party.

Synonyms

• estate for life
• life estate pur autre vie
• life tenant
• tenancy for life

Translations

An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party

• Bulgarian: пожизнена собственост f (požiznena sobstvenost)
• Finnish: elinikäinen nautintaoikeus, syytinki (fi)
• French: domaine viager m, propriété viagère f
• German: Leibgedinge (de) n, Altenteil (de) n, Auszugshaus n, Korbhaus n, Stöckli n (Switzerland)
• Ottoman Turkish: قید حیات (kayd hayat)
• Polish: majątek w użytkowaniu dożywotnim m