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title: "Remainder"
type: Legal Term
source: https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/remainder
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# Remainder

A remainder is a future interest created in a third party that becomes possessory upon the natural expiration of a prior estate (such as a life estate or term of years). Remainders are either vested (created in an ascertained person with no condition precedent) or contingent (subject to a condition precedent or created in an unascertained person). Vested remainders are freely transferable and not subject to the Rule Against Perpetuities, while contingent remainders may be subject to it.

## Related Terms

- life-estate
- reversion
- fee-simple-absolute

## Related Cases

- baker-v-weedon

## Example

O conveys Blackacre "to A for life, then to B." B holds a vested remainder in fee simple. B will take possession when A dies.

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Source: [Remainder — CaseBriefly](https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/remainder)