estate vs life estate

life estate vs estate

estate and life estate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
estate	Yes	No	No	No
life estate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, life estate is a hyponym of estate; that is, life estate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than estate:

estate: everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
life estate: (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

Other hyponyms of estate include gross estate, net estate, estate for life, jointure, legal jointure.

estate (noun)	life estate (noun)
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights	(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

Difference between estate and life estate

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