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fees simple subject to executory interest

fees simple subject to executory interest is the plural of fee simple subject to executory interest.

Meaning of fee simple subject to executory interest

Noun

fee simple subject to executory interest (plural fees simple subject to executory interest)

  1. A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revest in a third party identified by the grantor if that condition comes about.
    • Joe gives Mike an estate in land "so long as no alcohol is brought onto the property, in which case the property will go to Harry"; this creates a fee simple subject to executory limitation- if alcohol is brought onto the property, Harry automatically takes ownership.

Questions about fees simple subject to executory interest

What is fees simple subject to executory interest the plural of?
Fees simple subject to executory interest is the plural of fee simple subject to executory interest.

Words near fees simple subject to executory interest in the dictionary

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

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