Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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descendibility of future interests

The legal possibility that a future interest (such as a remainder or an executory interest) can legally pass by inheritance.

future interest

A property interest in which the privilege of possession or of other enjoyment is future and not present. ( A future interest can exist in either the grantor (as with a reversion) or the grantee (as with a remainder or executory interest). Today, most future interests are equitable interests in stocks and debt securities, with power of sale in a trustee. - Also termed future estate; estate in expectancy. Cf. present interest under INTEREST (2).

future interest.

See FUTURE INTEREST.