contingent remainder

noun

An interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.

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Meanings

nouncontingent remainder (plural contingent remainders)

plural contingent remainders

  1. lawAn interest in property that is owned by a party that can not be identified until the interest vests.

    Joe leaves property "to Mike for life, and then to Mike's oldest surviving child"; since it is not known who will be Mike's oldest surviving child at the time of Mike's death, ownership of the property is a contingent remainder.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contingent remainder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contingent%20remainder.

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