What does this mean in a will all the rest residue and remainder of your estate both real and personal tangible and intangible of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situated including all property?

Answer 1

The "residuary clause" means what's "left over" after paying the bills, paying the specific bequests of property, dollar amounts and percentages to specific parties.

For instance, "... and my Golf clubs to my friend Bernie, $10,000 to my sister Jane, 50 percent of whatever is left to my brother Jack, and the rest residue and remainder to the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester, where I spend many a happy hour as a lad." This allows the distribution of the entire estate without escheating the remainder to the state treasury, or having to figure out who are the other "heirs at law" when there turns out to be $5,000,000 left to shell out.