Middle English Dictionary Entry
remaindre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | remaindre n. Also remainder(e, -dore, -dur, remeindre, remaundre, remander. |
| Etymology | AF remeindre inf. as n., var. of OF remanoir, remaindre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law (a) A right of ownership (of land, rents, etc.) designated to devolve upon a second party when the right of the first grantee or legatee ceases; a remainder; (b) ?the postponement of a legal proceeding; ?a remanet.
Associated quotations
a
- (1394) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.3256 : We..reenfeffide the forsaid sir Guy de Briene the fadir in the forsaid Manere..to haue and holde to hym for terme of hys lyf, the remeindre therof to sir William Briene.
- (1411) EEWills20/14 : For defawte of issue of þe forseyd William, y wille þat þe remaynder be to my ryte heirs.
- (1424) EEWills60/11 : If she take þe mantel and þe rynge and avowe chastite, than wul I..the remaindre of þe maner of Steneby, with þe appurtenaunces, to Thomas my son.
- (1430) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.86 : Nicholas Edmond hath lete certayn landis and tenementis in ffeltham to John Shepherd and Agnes, his wiff, for terme of her lyuys, the remayndere therof to William and John, ther sonys.
- (1448) Doc.in Sundby Dial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)256 : They..shul lett hit by hure dede endentet sufient in lawe vn to the seit Thomas Corbet For terme of his lyfe wythe out empechement of wast, and the remayndur ther of to the Foreseid John Blount ant Kateryn.
- (1449) *Doc.Ludlow : The remaundre of the londes and tenementes that the seid katerine shall haue for terme of hure lyfe, after the decesse of the same katerine, to suche a person or persons and to here heires and assignes for euer as the seid katerine shalle name.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.74/16 : I wol that..my said feoffies make astate of all the seyd Manoirs..to my next heire and to the heires of his body lawfully begoten; And for lakke of such Issue the remander therof to my right heires.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57341 : Herry schalle bye and entayle v markes worthe of londe to hym and his eyres, and, for defawte of issew, the remayndore to be to my said mastyr.
- -?-(1471) Will in Som.RS 16221 : I bequethe to Alianore my doughter in money 10 li..with remainder, in case of her death, to my wyfe.
b
- (1454) Paston2.95 : Mastere Pownynges hath day tille the next terme by a remayndre.