VESTED REMAINDER, estates. One by which a present interest passes to the party, though to be enjoyed in future, and by which the estate is invariably fixed to remain to a determinate person, after the particular estate has

1. Vide Remainder.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Vested \Vest"ed\, a.

1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. "The vested priest." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. [1913 Webster]

Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone.

Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Vested \Vest"ed\, a.

1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. ``The vested priest.'' --Milton.

2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in pr[ae]senti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone.

Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)