LIFE

That state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natu• ral functions and motions are performed, or ln which its organs are capable of performing their functions. Webster. The sum of the forces by which death ls resisted. Blchat. -Life-annuity. An engagement to pay an incom,:! yearly during the life 'of some person; also the sum thus promised.-Life-estate. An estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it, or of some other person; a freehold estate, not of inheritance. Williams v. Ratcliff, 42 Mi . 154; Civ. Code Ga. 1895, § 3087.-Life in being. A phrase used in the common-law and statutory rules against perpetuities, meaning the remaining duration of the life of a person who is in existence at the time when the deed or will takes effect. See McArthur v. Scott, 113 U. S. 340, 5 Sup. Ct. 652, 28 L. Ed. 1015.-Life insurance. See lNSUR-.ANCE.-Life.:interest. A claim or interest, not amounting to ownership, and limited by a term of life, either that of the person in whom the right is vested or that of a no the·r.-Life land, or Life~hold. Land held on ·a lease for lives.-Life of a writ. The period during which a writ (execution, etc.) remains effective and can lawfully be served or levied, terminating with the day on which, by law or by its own terms, it is to be returned into court.- Life peerage, Letters patent, conferring the dignity.of baron for life only, do not enable the grantee to -sit and vote in the. house of lords, not even with the usual writ of summons to the house. Wharton.-Life policy. A. policy of life insurance; a policy of insurance upon the.ife of an individual.-Life-rent. In Scotcli law. An estate for life; a right to the use and enjoyment of an estate or thing for one's life, but without destruction of its substance. They are either leg a,l, such as terce and curtesy, (q. 11.,) or oorwentional, i. e., created by act of the parties. Conventional life-rents are either simple, where the owner of an estate grants a Jifemterest to another, or by re8ervation, where the owner, in conveying away the fee, reserves [s. 733]