Definition of "remaindership"
remaindership
noun
plural remainderships
The right to inherit land or title when the current possessor of that land or title dies without an heir.
Quotations
His grace made a surrender to the crown, in 1706, of the titles conferred upon his father, and obtained a new grant of those honors, dated 17th of June, 1706, extending the remaindership to his heirs male or female, descended from William, first Earl of Queensberry, leaving the marquesate and earldom of Queensberry, with the viscounty of Drumlanrig, and barony of Douglas, of Hawick and Tibbers, untouched, and to descend according to the original patents of creation.
1826, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, page 262
His brother, who succeeded him, in default of male issue, had been previously created Baron Howard, of Castle-Rising, Earl of Norwich, and Earl-Marshal of England, with remaindership to numerous branches of his family, and dying, in 1684, he was succeeded by his son Henry, who was a staunch Protestant.
1841, William Carpenter, Peerage for the People, pages 548–549
Sir William married Catherine, eldest daughter of Arthur Viscount Ranelagh, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Sir Richard, 3rd baronet, who was elevated to the peerage 2nd July, 1681, as Baron Oxmantown and Viscount Rosse, with remaindership to the male issues of his great grandfather.
1869, George Hill, The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706), page 437