vested : Idioms & Phrases


Vested legacy

  • (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in præsenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. Blackstone.
Webster 1913

Vested remainder

  • (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone. Kent.
Webster 1913