residuary estate
- The leftover property of a deceased person's estate after all specific bequests are distributed and all owed costs are paid, which may also include unfulfilled gifts due to a beneficiary's predeceasing
- The family house was not part of the residuary estate as it was a specific bequest.
- When Carl predeceased Connie, the VW bug ended up in the residuary estate.
- Because no alternate beneficiaries were named, the entire residuary estate was passed to Sara.
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