estate for life

English Thesaurus

1. (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	estate,
definition	:	everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	dower,
definition	:	a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband (noun.possession)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)