| Noun | 1. | estate for life - (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities dower - a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband |