estate in expectancy — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
estate in expectancy — One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time. An estate giving a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. One in which the right to pernancy of the profits is postponed to some future… … Black's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time. An estate giving a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. One in which the right to pernancy of the profits is postponed to some future… … Black's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — See expectant estate … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate in expectancy — an estate either vested or contingent in which one has a present right or interest but of which the possession is postponed or limited to take effect at some future time or upon some future event … Useful english dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
Expectancy — Expectance Ex*pect ance, Expectancy Ex*pect an*cy, n. 1. The act of expecting; expectation. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. [1913 Webster] The expectancy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expectancy — ex·pec·tan·cy n pl cies: something expected: as a: an interest held by a person who may receive something (as a bequest) in the future but has no enforceable right to it b: the benefit that will be received from a contract if performed Merriam… … Law dictionary
Expectant estate — Expectant Ex*pect ant, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. [1913 Webster] {Expectant estate} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
in expectancy — See estate in expectancy; expectancy … Ballentine's law dictionary