life estate
- The right to use and enjoy a property, usually real estate, only for the duration of a person's life, with no ability to sell it or bequeath it upon death
- John left a life estate in his home to his wife, stipulating it should pass to his children from his first marriage after her death.
- In her will, she gave her son a life estate in her country house.
- His life estate in the property prevented him from selling it, but he could live there until his death.
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