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2. Defeasible estate - Wikipedia

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   Three types of defeasible estates are the fee simple determinable, the fee simple subject to an executory limitation or interest, and the fee simple subject to a condition subsequent. A life estate may also be defeasible. Because a defeasible estate always grants less than a full fee simple, a defeasible estate will always create one or more ...

3. Fee simple - Wikipedia

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   A defeasible estate is created when a grantor places a condition on a fee simple estate (in the deed). When a specified event happens, the estate may become void or subject to annulment. There are two types of defeasible estates: fee simple determinable and the fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.

4. Future interest - Wikipedia

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   In property law and real estate, a future interest is a legal right to property ownership that does not include the right to present possession or enjoyment of the property. Future interests are created on the formation of a defeasible estate; that is, an estate with a condition or event triggering transfer of possessory ownership. A common ...

5. Rule in Shelley's Case - Wikipedia

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   The Rule in Shelley's Case is a rule of law that may apply to certain future interests in real property and trusts created in common law jurisdictions. [1]: 181 It was applied as early as 1366 in The Provost of Beverly's Case [1]: 182 [2] but in its present form is derived from Shelley's Case (1581), [3] in which counsel stated the rule as follows:

6. Estate in land - Wikipedia

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   An estate in land is, in the law of England and Wales, an interest in real property that is or may become possessory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a type of personal property and encompasses land ownership, rental and other arrangements that give people the right to use land.

7. Estate (law) - Wikipedia

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   The fee simple estate and the fee tail estate are estates of inheritance; they pass to the owner's heirs by operation of law, either without restrictions (in the case of fee simple), or with restrictions (in the case of fee tail). The estate for years and the life estate are estates not of inheritance; the owner owns nothing after the term of ...

8. Reversion (law) - Wikipedia

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   A reversion in property law is a future interest that is retained by the grantor after the conveyance of an estate of a lesser quantum than he has (such as the owner of a fee simple granting a life estate or a leasehold estate).

9. Remainder (law) - Wikipedia

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   In property law of the United Kingdom and the United States and other common law countries, a remainder is a future interest given to a person (who is referred to as the transferee or remainderman) that is capable of becoming possessory upon the natural end of a prior estate created by the same instrument. [1]