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  2. 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.

  3. Life interest - Wikipedia

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    A life interest ends when the life tenant dies. An interest in possession trust is the most common example of a life interest trust. In a typical interest in possession trust, the life tenant receives all the income from the trust for the rest of his or her life. On the life tenant's death, the trust comes to an end, and the capital of the ...

  4. Power of appointment - Wikipedia

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    It is a trust that qualifies for the marital deduction, provided that the surviving spouse is given the income at least annually and the surviving spouse has a general power of appointment over the trust property remaining at his death. Most general powers of appointment are exercisable under a will. The holder of the power refers to the ...

  5. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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    Exordium clause is the first paragraph or sentence in a will and testament, in which the testator identifies himself or herself, states a legal domicile, and revokes any prior wills. Inheritor – a beneficiary in a succession, testate or intestate.

  6. Lapse and anti-lapse - Wikipedia

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    The examples and perspective in this USA-centric article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this USA-centric article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new USA-centric article, as appropriate.

  7. Will contract - Wikipedia

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    A will contract is a term used in the law of wills describing a contract to exchange a current performance for a future bequest. In such an agreement, one party (the promisee) will provide some performance in exchange for a promise by the other party (the testator, because they must draft a will) to make a specific bequest to the promisee party in the testator's will.

  8. Legal history of wills - Wikipedia

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    The usual means of obtaining disposition of heritage after death was a trust disposition and settlement by deed de praesenti, under which the truster disposed the property to trustees according to the trusts of the settlement, reserving a life interest.

  9. Interest in possession trust - Wikipedia

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    Such a life interest trust is the most common example of an interest in possession trust. In the United Kingdom, the 10-yearly inheritance tax charge may be payable on assets transferred into this type of trust on or after 22 March 2006. [2] In the example of a life interest trust, the interest in possession ends when the income beneficiary dies.