"life interest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: life interests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} life interest (plural life interests)
  1. (law) A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right. Wikipedia link: life interest Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: life rent [Scotland] Hyponyms: life estate Related terms: life tenant Coordinate_terms: remainderman Translations (lifetime right): aastarendis (Estonian), elinkorko (Finnish), Leibrente [feminine] (German), livsränta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-life_interest-en-noun--7YQpP9D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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