Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-MAIN-DER
RE-MAIN-DER, n.
- Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. – Arbuthnot. The last remainders of unhappy Troy. – Dryden.
- Relics; remains; the corpse of a human being. [Not now used.] – Shak.
- That which is left after a part is past; as, the remainder of the day or week; the remainder of the year; the remainder of life.
- The sum that is left after subtraction or after any deduction.
- In law, an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined. A. grants land to B. for twenty years; remainder to D. in fee. If a man by deer or will limits his books or furniture to A. for life, with remainder to B., this remainder is good. Blackstone. A writ of formedon in remainder, is a writ which lies where a man gives lands to another for life or in tail, with remainder to a third person in tail or in fee, and he who has the particular estate dies without issue heritable, and a stranger intrudes upon him in remainder and keeps him out of possession; in this case, the remainder-man shall have his writ of formedon in the remainder. – Blackstone.
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