springing use

springing use definition - legal

n

A use that comes to one with the occurrence of some future event; for example, B has a springing use in AÂ’s estate, which will pass to her when she marries A.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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