Vested legacy

Vested legacy
Vested Vest"ed, a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. ``The vested priest.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. [1913 Webster]

{Vested legacy} (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in pr[ae]senti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone.

{Vested remainder} (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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