Rule against perpetuities
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rule-against-perpetuities-166-6498300
title:
Rule against perpetuities
text:
The rule against perpetuities is a legal rule in common law that prevents people from using legal instruments to exert control over the ownership of private property for a time long beyond the lives of people living at the time the instrument was written. Specifically, the rule forbids a person from creating future interests in property that would vest beyond 21 years after the lifetimes of those living at the time of creation of the interest, often expressed as a "life in being plus twenty-one
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Legal rule prohibiting very long temporary interests in property
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities
date created:
2003-05-11T02:05:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:06:34Z
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