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Present Estates and Future Interests
Present Estates and Future Interests
Present Estates and Future Interests
Interests
Part 1
Concurrent Estates
2
Non-Concurrent Estates
5
Some common terms
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Fee Simple Absolute
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Fee Tail
Examples:
“O to A and the heirs of his
body”
“O to A in fee tail”
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Fee Simple Defeasible
18
Fee Simple Subject
To Condition Subsequent
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RECAP –DEFEASIBLE FEES
FEE SIMPLE SUBJECT TO EXECUTORY LIMITATION
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Life Estate
27
Life Estate
30
Life Estate Defeasible
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Problem 2
O conveys “to A and his
heirs so long as the property
is used as a residence.”
• A has . . .
• O has . . .
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Problem 2
O conveys “to A and his heirs so long
as the property is used as a
residence.”
• A has a present estate called a fee
simple determinable,
• O’s has a future interest called a
possibility of reverter and it is in fee
simple absolute.
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Problem 3