life estate pur autre vie

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life estate pur autre vie

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From life estate + Old French pur ("for"), autre ("another"), vie ("life").

noun life estates pur autre vie

  1. An estate in land which is given by a grantor to a party only for the duration of the life of a third party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that third party. Joe gives property "to Mike for the life of Bob"; Joe has created a life estate pur autre vie for Mike, but when Bob dies, the property automatically reverts to Joe.

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@misc{life_estate_pur_autre_vie_2026,
  title = {life estate pur autre vie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/life%20estate%20pur%20autre%20vie},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}