vested : Idioms & Phrases
Vested legacy
(Law) , a legacy the right to which commences in præsenti, 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.
Webster 1913
Vested remainder
(Law) , an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone. Kent.
