• For example, if a grant is “to A for life, and then to B,” B’s future interest is a remainder. If there is only one preceding estate and the remainder vests on that estate’s expiration, the remainder is also termed an executed estate.
— Also termed remainder estate; estate in remainder. Cf. EXECUTORY INTEREST; REVERSION; POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER. [Cases: Remainders 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 70–71, 77, 79, 81–82.]