particular estate
Law (now historical )
noun
The first of the two or more successive estates into which it was formerly possible to divide a legal estate in land; an estate in actual possession, as opposed to any remainder.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William West (c1548–1598), legal writer.
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