Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Fee simple conditional
An estate restricted to some specified heirs, exclusive of others (e.g., "to Albert and his female heirs"). ( The fee simple conditional is obsolete except in Iowa, Oregon, and South Carolina. - Also termed general fee conditional. "The reader should be careful not to confuse this estate with estates having similar labels, such as the 'estate in fee simple subject to a condition subsequent' ...." Thomas F. Bergin & Paul G. Haskell, Preface to Estates in Land and Future Interests 29 n.19 (2d ed. 1984).
defeasible fee simple
See fee simple defeasible under FEE SIMPLE.
estate in fee simple
See FEE SIMPLE.
fee simple
See FEE SIMPLE.
fee simple absolute
An estate of indefinite or potentially infinite duration (e.g., "to Al-
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.
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.
fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
An estate subject to the grantor's power to end the estate if some specified event happens (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs, upon condition that no alcohol is sold on the premises"). ( The future interest retained by the grantor is called a power of termination (or a right of entry). - Also termed fee simple on a condition subsequent; fee simple subject to a power of termination; fee simple upon condition.
fee simple subject to a power of termination
See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.
fee simple subject to an executory limitation
A fee simple defeasible that is subject to divestment in favor of someone other than the grantor if a specified event happens (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs, but if the property is ever used as a parking lot, then to Bob"). -Also termed fee simple subject to an executory interest.
fee simple subject to common-law limitation
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple subject to special interest
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple subject to special limitation
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple upon condition
See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.