inure
Inure means to take or to have a particular effect, to result in, or to apply. In legal contexts, it is most often used to describe benefits, rights, or obligations that flow from a statute, contract, agreement, deed, or will, to a person or other legal entity. For example, a will may specify that all personal property shall inure to the benefit of a named beneficiary, meaning that person has the right to receive the testator’s personal property upon death. The effect of inurement may be favorable or unfavorable. For instance, certain obligations in a lease or covenant may inure to the detriment of successors or other parties.
In property law, inure is also used in the sense of vesting; which essentially is granting absolute right to a current or future interest in something of value, either in the present or at a future date.
[Last reviewed in September of 2025 by the Wex Definitions Team]
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