determinable estate

  • 1determinable — adjective Date: 15th century 1. capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, or decided upon < a determinable cause > 2. liable to be terminated ; terminable < a determinable estate > • determinableness …

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  • 2determinable — de·ter·min·able adj 1: capable of being determined, ascertained, or decided upon 2: liable to be terminated upon the occurrence of a contingency Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 3estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;&#8230; …

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  • 4Estate (law) — An estate is the net worth of a person at any point in time. It is the sum of a person s assets legal rights, interests and entitlements to property of any kind less all liabilities at that time. The issue is of special legal significance on a&#8230; …

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  • 5Estate in land — An estate in land is an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.This should be distinguished from an estate as used in reference to an area of land, and estate as used to refer to property in general.In property law, the rights …

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  • 6determinable fee — An estate limited to a person and his heirs, with a qualification annexed by which it is provided that the estate must determine whenever that qualification is at an end; otherwise known as a base fee, qualified fee, or a defeasible fee. Staack v …

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  • 7estate on limitation — /asteyt on limateyshan/ An estate originated by the use of words denoting duration of time, such as while, during, so long as, and the like and when designated limitative event happens, such estate ends naturally without any re entry and property …

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  • 8estate on limitation — /asteyt on limateyshan/ An estate originated by the use of words denoting duration of time, such as while, during, so long as, and the like and when designated limitative event happens, such estate ends naturally without any re entry and property …

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  • 9estate at will — A lease of lands or tenements to be held at the will of the lessor but actually determinable at the will of either party. 28 Am J2d Est §§ 130, 131. The estate of a tenant who has entered upon the premises under a lease to hold during the joint&#8230; …

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  • 10Defeasible estate — Property law Part of t …

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