contingent legacy
A legacy that depends on an uncertain event and thus has not vested. • An example is a legacy given to one’s granddaughter “if she attains the age of 21.” [Cases: Wills 628–638. C.J.S. Wills §§ 1320–1379, 1551.]
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contingent legacy
contingent legacy 不确定的遗赠；期待性遗赠 指取决于某些未定事件而发生效力的遗赠。当时间作为遗赠条件时，如果仅仅是支付时间〔time of payment〕的推迟，那么这种遗赠就不是这里所说的不确定的〔contingent〕，而是确定的〔vested〕；如果时间和遗赠物之实质连在一起，作为一个先决条件，那么它就是不确定的。具体区分要看语句之表达，如：「到甲21岁时给他」〔to be paid or payable to A when he shall attain 21〕意味着该遗赠是确定的，如果省去paid, payable而说the legacy is to A on attaining 21，则为不确定的遗赠。还有解释说只有涉及到土地遗赠(不包括土地利益之赠与)才可以被解释为是不确定的。动产与不动产混合遗赠的要优先适用动产解释，即要理解为是确定的。 (→contingent bequest)
vested legacy
A legacy given in such a way that the legatee has a fixed, indefeasible right to its payment. • A legacy is said to be vested when the testator’s words making the bequest convey a transmissible interest, whether present or future, to the legatee. Thus, a legacy to be paid when the legatee reaches the
vested legacy
vested legacy 确定的遗赠 尤指确定的动产遗赠，据此，受遗赠人享有一种确定无疑的可获得遗产给付〔payment〕的权利。它一般须由立遗嘱人通过在遗嘱中表示将其现在的或将来的可转让权益授予受遗赠人而完成。例如，一遗嘱规定，在受遗赠人年满21岁时可获得遗赠给付〔to be paid〕，则其属于确定的遗赠，因其获得给付是无条件的和绝对的。它与不确定的遗赠〔contingent legacy〕相对。 (→legacy; contingent legacy)
contingent bequest
contingent bequest 不确定的遗赠；期待性遗赠；附条件遗赠 (→contingent legacy; conditional legacy or devise)
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