1. A person with a life interest is known as a life tenant . 2. The owner of a life estate is called a " life tenant ". 3. When all life tenants are dead, the remainderman holds full title. 4. Chater's wife lived in Marble Hall as a life tenant until her death in 1935. 5. In the interest of the life tenant , such property should be converted into income bearing properties. 6. Paula's mother was life tenant under the marriage settlement and Paula, who was then aged 17, was entitled in remainder. 7. With no issue, he was succeeded by his brother John, leaving his wife Elizabeth as life tenant of West Wycombe. 8. In the example of a life interest trust, the interest in possession ends when the income beneficiary, also called the life tenant , dies. 9. Where the life tenant opens the land for new mines ( i . e ., voluntary waste ) a remainderman can enjoin such. 10. Richard Penderel was the life tenant of the farm by 1651, by which time it is assumed that his father had already died.