CESTUI QUE VIE

cestui que vie (set-ee [orses-twee] kee [or k[schwa]] vee). The person whose life measures the duration of a trust, gift, estate, or insurance contract. Cf. MEASURING LIFE. [Cases: Life Estates 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 28–29, 31, 34.] “[L]et us assume that A instead transfers ‘to E for the life of A.’ Since A has used […]