Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "life estate" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF LIFE ESTATE

life estate play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIFE ESTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Life estate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIFE ESTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Life estate

In common law and statutory law, a life estate is the ownership of land for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms it is an estate in real property that ends at death when ownership of the property may revert to the original owner, or it may pass to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant". Although the ownership of a life estate is of limited duration because it ends at the death of the person who is the "measuring life", the owner has the right to enjoy the benefits of ownership of the property, including income derived from rent or other uses of the property, during his or her possession. Because a life estate ceases to exist at the death of the measuring person's life, this temporary ownership agreement cannot be left to heirs or devisees, and the life estate cannot normally be inherited. At death, the property involved in a life estate typically falls into the ownership of the remainderman named in the life estate agreement. A land owner of an estate cannot give a "greater interest" in the estate than he or she owns.

Definition of life estate in the English dictionary

The definition of life estate in the dictionary is property that may be held only for the extent of the holder's lifetime.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIFE ESTATE

life annuity
life assurance
life belt
life buoy
life class
life coach
life cycle
life drawing
life expectancy
life force
life form
Life Guards
life history
life imprisonment
life instinct
life insurance
life interest
life jacket
life lesson
life mask

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIFE ESTATE

chief of state
city-state
constate
crown estate
estate
facilitate
housing estate
industrial estate
interstate
lie in state
out-of-state
outstate
prostate
real estate
secretary of state
solid-state
state
steady state
testate
tri-state
upstate

Synonyms and antonyms of life estate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «life estate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF LIFE ESTATE

Find out the translation of life estate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of life estate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life estate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生活屋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

usufructo vitalicio
570 millions of speakers

English

life estate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन संपत्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحوزة الحياة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жизнь недвижимости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vida estate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবন এস্টেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

viager
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harta pusaka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebenslänglich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ライフエステート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삶의 부동산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gesang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất động cuộc sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ்க்கை எஸ்டேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवनसंपत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayat emlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vita immobiliare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieruchomości na życie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

життя нерухомості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proprietate pe viață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

estate ζωής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewe boedel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liv garn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

livet eiendom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of life estate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE ESTATE»

The term «life estate» is normally little used and occupies the 129.588 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
40
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «life estate» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of life estate
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «life estate».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE ESTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «life estate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «life estate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about life estate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE ESTATE»

Discover the use of life estate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life estate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
California Real Estate Principles
The fellowship has broken the condition subsequent to its fee simple right of ownership. Clyde can reenter the property and claim possession. Life estate. The owner of a life estate has the right to possession and use of property, but the estate ...
Charles O. Stapleton, Martha R. Williams, 2004
2
The Language of Real Estate
Residents are offered a continuing care contract, including independent living units at a periodic rent. life estate Any estate in real or personal property that is limited in duration to the life of its owner or the life of some other designated person.
John W. Reilly, 2000
3
Modern Real Estate Practice in Pennsylvania
Life Estate The term tenant connotes possession. A life tenant possesses certain ownership rights, as opposed to the tenant in a lease, whose rights extend only to the possession of the property. A life estate is a freehold estate that is limited in ...
Herbert J. Bellairs, Thomas J. Bellairs, James L. Helsel, 2002
4
Modern Real Estate Practice in Texas
Remainder interest: When the deed or will that creates the life estate names a third party (or parties) to whom title will pass on the death of the life estate owner, then such third party is said to own the remainder interest or estate. The remainder ...
Cheryl Peat Nance, 2003
5
Real Estate License Exams For Dummies
A life estate grants possession and limited ownership of a property to a person for the duration of his or her life or the life of another person. The main difference between a fee estate and a life estate is that a fee estate has no time limit and a ...
John A. Yoegel, 2012
6
California Real Estate Law
A life estate is generally granted to a person for his or her own lifetime, although it is possible to grant a life estate for the life of another (pur autre vie). When it is based on the life of another, the death of the life tenant does not affect the estate.
William H. Pivar, Robert Bruss, 2002
7
Modern Real Estate Practice in Illinois
FOR EXAMPLE Anna, who has a fee simple estate in Blackacre, conveys a life estate to Phil for Phil's lifetime. Phil is the life tenant. On Phil's death, the life estate terminates, and Anna once again owns Blackacre. If Phil's life estate had been ...
Fillmore W. Galaty, Wellington J. Allaway, Robert C. Kyle, 2001
8
Texas Real Estate
A life estate conveys an estate for the duration of someone's life. The duration of the estate can be tied to the land of the life tenant (the person holding the life estate) or to a third party. In addition, someone must be named to acquire the estate ...
Charles J. Jacobus, 2011
9
Real Estate Fundamentals
When the owner of a fee simple estate grants an ordinary life estate to someone, it is limited to the lifetime of the owner of the life estate, the life tenant. However, a life estate can also be created based on the life of a third party. For example ...
Wade E. Gaddy, Robert E. Hart, Judy Wolk, 2003
10
Modern Real Estate Practice in Ohio
FOR EXAMPLE A, who has a fee simple estate in Blackacre, conveys a life estate to P for P's lifetime. P is the life tenant. On P's death, the life estate terminates, and A once again owns Blackacre. A life estate also may be based on the lifetime  ...
Fillmore W. Galaty, Wellington J. Allaway, Robert C. Kyle, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE ESTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term life estate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Real estate records, 7/19/15
West, Eva Sue Estate to Kucera, Laverne Life Estate , 5812 Enterprise Dr., $95,000. Wilkinson, Michelle L to Frager, Jodi A , 7801 S 21 St., ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
2
KNBA News - Calista Shares changes; Medicaid expansion in Alaska
The new shares however, are life estate, meaning that they only exist as long as the shareholder is alive. The company takes on additional ... «KNBA, Jul 15»
3
Calista Shareholders Vote to Enroll 'Afterborns'
The new shares however, are life estate, meaning that they only exist as long as the shareholder is alive. The company takes on additional ... «Alaska Public Radio Network, Jul 15»
4
Man dies in N2 crash
In an additional twist, a truck transporting buffaloes jack-knifed close to the Nanaga Wild Life Estate while the road was still closed off. "No one ... «Grocott's Mail Online, Jul 15»
5
Real estate transactions for Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin …
Carolann Courteney to Toni B. Hochstadt, Holly Ann Hochstadt and Carolann Courteney, life estate, 108 Oakridge St., $100. Chicopee City to ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Money Matters: Advice for a homeowner considering a reverse …
The ownership of the home would be transferred to the charity and you would retain a life estate which would allow you to live in the house for ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
7
NorthStar adding 15 CCRCs: Portfolio now tops $2 billion
The portfolio has 15 CCRCs and 23 life estate units. The 3,600-plus units are located in 11 states, with the largest groups in New York, ... «McKnight's Long Term Care News, Jul 15»
8
Ask George & Chuck: Potential cemetery on land requires careful …
Q: My mother sold me her house, but reserved a life estate for herself so she could live there while she was alive. She has passed away, and ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
Babe on the farm: Crowell property in its third generation of ownership
... in 1975, Babe did so with the understanding that he would build his own house so his parents could have life estate in the original home. «Worthington Daily Globe, Jul 15»
10
UPDATED: Lakefront estate changes hands for $17.4 million …
His widow and their three children sold it through a life estate. The deed recorded Monday lists the buyer as the DEW Revocable Trust, ... «Palm Beach Daily News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Life estate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/life-estate>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z