What items are part of the residuary estate?

Assets that are not specifically devised, a devise that fails for some reason and assets that come into the estate after the death of the testator, such as an award in a lawsuit, make up the residuary estate. For example, if the testator simply left all her estate to be equally shared by her three children, they will share the entire residuary estate. She could also leave her real estate to one daughter and direct that all the rest of her estate be shared by her other two daughters. In that case, the real estate is not part of the residuary.