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  2. Future interest - Wikipedia

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    A shifting executory interest cuts short someone other than the grantor. For example, if O conveys property "To A, but if B returns from Florida within the next year, to B"; here, B has a shifting executory interest, and A has a fee simple subject to this shifting executory interest. A shifting executory interest may be premised on any event ...

  3. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    The rule against perpetuities serves a number of purposes. First, English courts have long recognized that allowing owners to attach long-lasting contingencies to their property harms the ability of future generations to freely buy and sell the property, since few people would be willing to buy property that had unresolved issues regarding its ownership hanging over it.

  4. Remainder (law) - Wikipedia

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    The future interest of C is not certain, thus it is "defeasible". Additionally, the interest cannot become smaller by the addition of more remainder owners, thus it is not "open". The identifying component is the possibility of being divested by D who owns an executory interest from the remainder if C becomes a lawyer. [7]

  5. Defeasible estate - Wikipedia

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    A fee simple subject to an executory limitation is an estate that ends when a specific condition is met and then transfers to a third party. The interest will not revert to the grantor. If the condition is met, the grantee loses the interest and the third party gains it automatically. [2] Example:

  6. Condition subsequent - Wikipedia

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    In property law, a condition subsequent is an event which terminates a party's interest in a property. [6] When land rights are subject to a condition subsequent, this creates a defeasible fee called a fee simple subject to condition subsequent. In such a fee, the future interest is called a "right of reentry" or "right of entry." There, the ...

  7. Equitable conversion - Wikipedia

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    In most jurisdictions, the real property interest created by the contract will pass to the buyer's heirs, while the seller's personal property interest created by the contract will pass to the seller's estate. The State of New York does not recognize equitable conversion. In New York, as long as the buyer is without fault, the risk of loss ...

  8. Executory interests - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Executory interests

  9. Royal lives clause - Wikipedia

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    A royal lives clause is a contract clause which provides that a certain right must be exercised within a certain period related to the lifetime of a currently living member of a royal family.