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shifting executory interests

shifting executory interests is the plural of shifting executory interest.

Meaning of shifting executory interest

Noun

shifting executory interest (plural shifting executory interests)

  1. A third party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with the occurrence of a condition divesting the second party of the land in favor of the third party.
    • Joe gives land "to Mike, but if Harry graduates from law school, to Harry". Harry has an shifting executory interest because his graduation from law school divests Mike of ownership.

Questions about shifting executory interests

What is shifting executory interests the plural of?
Shifting executory interests is the plural of shifting executory interest.

Words near shifting executory interests in the dictionary

  1. shifting
  2. shifting about
  3. shifting baseline syndrome
  4. shifting cultivation
  5. shifting executory interest
  6. shifting executory interests
  7. shifting gears
  8. shifting ground
  9. shifting in
  10. shifting off
  11. shifting one's ground

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