residuum

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RESID'UUM, noun [Latin] 1. Residue; that which is left after any process of separation or purification. 2. In law, the part of an estate or of goods and chattels remaining after the payment of debts and legacies.
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