Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Determinable

adj. 1. Liable to end upon the happening of a contingency; terminable <fee simple determinable>. 2. Able to be determined or ascertained <the delivery date is determinable because she kept the written invoice > .

determinable easement

An easement that terminates on the happening of a specific event.

determinable estate

An estate that is defeasible by operation of a special limitation.

determinable fee

1. See fee simple determinable under FEE SIMPLE. 2. See base fee under FEE (2).

fee simple determinable

An estate that will automatically end and revert to the grantor if some specified event occurs (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs while the property is used for charitable purposes"). ( The future interest retained by the grantor is called a possibility of reuerter. - Also termed determinable fee; qualified fee; fee simple subject to common-law limitation; fee simple subject to special limitation; fee simple subject to special interest; base fee; estate on limitation.