residuary

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My mother retained the other 50% as part of her residuary trust, which excluded me as a beneficiary.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announced Wednesday it was named to receive the residuary estate of Peter Grayson Letz, who died last September.

From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2014

This week President Dennett announced those gifts for the first time, revealed that to late they totaled $2,900,000, that when Hopkins died in June he had made his residuary legatee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ann Woodward, 43, and her two sons, William III, 15, and James, 11, each get the income from a third of the residuary estate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The residuary legatee would only come in for a few hundreds or so.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant