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fees simple

fees simple is the plural of fee simple.

Meaning of fee simple

Noun

fee simple (plural fees simple)

  1. The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.
    • Sir, for a Cardceue he will ſell the fee-ſimple of his ſaluation, the inheritance of it, and cut th’ intaile from all remainders, and a perpetuall ſucceſsion for it perpetually.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about fees simple

What is fees simple the plural of?
Fees simple is the plural of fee simple.

Words near fees simple in the dictionary

  1. feeries
  2. feering
  3. feerings
  4. feers
  5. fees
  6. fees simple
  7. fees simple subject to condition subsequent
  8. fees simple subject to executory interest
  9. fees simple subject to executory limitation
  10. fees tail
  11. feese

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