Definition of remainder
- n. - Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation
and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
- n. - The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or
after any deduction.
- n. - An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which
becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular
prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for
example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's
life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder,
or estate in remainder.
- a. - Remaining; left; left over; refuse.