"life estate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: life estates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: life estate Categories (topical): Law 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): пожизнена собственост (požiznena sobstvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), elinikäinen nautintaoikeus (Finnish), syytinki (Finnish), domaine viager [masculine] (French), propriété viagère [feminine] (French), Leibgedinge [neuter] (German), Altenteil [neuter] (German), Auszugshaus [neuter] (German), Korbhaus [neuter] (German), Stöckli [Switzerland, neuter] (German), قید حیات (kayd hayat) (Ottoman Turkish), majątek w użytkowaniu dożywotnim [masculine] (Polish)

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      "sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
      "word": "قید حیات"
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