Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Perpetuity
1. The state of continuing forever. 2. Hist. An unbarrable entail. 3. Hist. An inalienable interest. 4. An interest that does not take effect or vest within the period prescribed by law. ( In reference t~, the rule against perpetuities, only sense 4 inow current. See RULE AGAINT PERPETUITIE1 "A perpetuity is a thing odious in law, and destructive of the Commonwealth; it would put a stop to commerce and prevent the circulation of the riches of the Kingdom, and therefore is not to be countenanced in equity. If in equity you could come nearer to a perpetuity than the rules of Common Law would admit, all men being desirous to continue their estates in their families, would settle their estates by way of trust; which might indeed make well for the jurisdiction of the court, but would be destructive of the commonwealth." (1683) 1 Vern. 163 (per Lord North) (as quoted in George W. Keeton, English Lain: The Judicial Contribution 118 (1974) i.
in perpetuity
Forever. See PERPETUITY.
perpetuity of the king or queen
A fiction of English law that for political purposes the king or queen is immortal; that is, a monarch dies, but the office is never vacant.