A person who, though not yet born, is named in a general way as sharing in an estate or gift. • An example might be a grandchild not yet born when a grandparent specifies, in a will, that Blackacre is to go to “my grandchildren.”
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unborn-widow rule. The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a beneficiary’s widow is not yet born at the testator’s death, and thus a succeeding life estate to her voids any remainders because the interest would not vest within the perpetuities period. See RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES.