It was an age rife with demon legends; legends of favors granted to mortals in return for a residuary mortgage on their souls; and all that sort of thing.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
"Noo a' mind when auld Doctor Ferintosh, him 'at wrote 'Judas Iscariot the first residuary,' would stand twa meenutes facing the fouk, and no sit doon till he hed his snuff.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
Two only of his political teachings concern us here, namely, social equality and the unquestioned supremacy of the State; for to these dogmas, when they seemed doomed to political bankruptcy, Napoleon Buonaparte was to act as residuary legatee.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose