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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.
The reforms introduced a statutory limitation on how long income could be accumulated before it must be distributed. In 2009, many of the Act's principles were further reformed by the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009, which introduced a single, simplified perpetuity period of 125 years, replacing the earlier rules. [1]
The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 (c. 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reforms the rule against perpetuities. The Act resulted from a Law Commission report published in 1998. [3] It abolishes the rule against perpetuities in most non-trust contexts, such as easements. [3]
Perpetuity, in general, means “eternity.” And in finance, that concept of an everlasting state applies. A perpetuity describes a constant stream of cash with no end. But what is a perpetuity ...
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Fixed coupon payments on permanently invested (irredeemable) sums of money are prime examples of perpetuities. Scholarships paid perpetually from an endowment fit the definition of perpetuity. The value of the perpetuity is finite because receipts that are anticipated far in the future have extremely low present value ( present value of the ...
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The rule against perpetuities forbids the creation of interests that might vest after the established time period. This graphic depicts the forbidden scenario. Created for Rule against perpetuities. Source Created using Inkscape. Previously published: N/A Date 2013-03-04 Author Ocsenave. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.