remainderman

See also: remainder-man

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English remainder

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English remainderman

From remainder + -man.

Noun

remainderman (plural remaindermen)

1. (law) A person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.
2. (law) A person entitled to the assets of a trust at the end of some specified period or after some event. For instance a man's will might put his assets into a trust with the income to go to his wife until she dies (being a life interest), at which time the capital (remainder interest) goes to their children. The children are remaindermen.

References

• Family Financial Affairs, Nick Renton, 2001, →ISBN, page 33.