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Webster 1913 Edition


Residuum

Re-sid′u-um

(-?m)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Residue
.]
That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
“I think so,” is the whole
residuum
. . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue.
L. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Residuum

RESID'UUM

,
Noun.
[L.]
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.