Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Defeasible
adj. (Of an act, right, agreement, or position) capable of being annulled or avoided <defeasible deed>. See fee simple defeasible under FEE SIMPLE.
defeasible deed
A deed containing a condition subsequent causing title to the property to revert to the grantor or pass to a third ply.
defeasible estate
An estate that may come to an end before its maximum duration has run by reason of the operation of a special limitation, a condition subsequent, or an executory limitation. ( If an estate is defeasible by operation of a special limitation, it is called a determinable estate.
defeasible fee simple
See fee simple defeasible under FEE SIMPLE.
defeasible remainder
A vested remainder that will be eliminated if a condition subsequent occurs. ( An example is "to A for life, and then to B, but if B ever sells liquor on the land, then to C." - Also termed remainder subject to divestment.
defeasible title
A title voidable on the occurrence of a contingency, but not void on its face.
fee simple defeasible
An estate that ends either because there are no more heirs of the person to whom it is granted or because a special limitation, condition subsequent, or executory limitation takes effect before the line of heirs runs out. - Also termed qualified fee.
indefeasible
adj. (Of a claim or right) that cannot be defeated, revoked, or lost <an indefeasible estate>.
indefeasible remainder
A vested remainder that is not subject to a condition subsequent. - Also termed indefeasibly vested remainder.