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"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."
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"(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."
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"word": "estate for life"
},
{
"word": "life estate pur autre vie"
},
{
"word": "life tenant"
},
{
"word": "tenancy for life"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "požiznena sobstvenost",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожизнена собственост"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"word": "elinikäinen nautintaoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"word": "syytinki"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "domaine viager"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "propriété viagère"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kayd hayat",
"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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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "majątek w użytkowaniu dożywotnim"
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"word": "estate for life"
},
{
"word": "life estate pur autre vie"
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{
"word": "life tenant"
},
{
"word": "tenancy for life"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "požiznena sobstvenost",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожизнена собственост"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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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": "elinikäinen nautintaoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
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"code": "fr",
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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",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "domaine viager"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "propriété viagère"
},
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kayd hayat",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"word": "قید حیات"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "majątek w użytkowaniu dożywotnim"
}
],
"word": "life estate"
}
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