fee simple conditional — noun (plural fees simple conditional) : an estate in fee granted to a person and his issue or to a designated class of his issue that is subject to the possibility of reversion in case there is no such issue or no alternative gift to a designated … Useful english dictionary
fee simple conditional — Same as conditional fee … Ballentine's law dictionary
fee simple — fee sim·ple n pl fees simple [simple without limitation (as to heirs) and unrestricted (as to transfer of ownership)]: a fee that is alienable (as by deed, will, or intestacy) and of potentially indefinite duration; esp: fee simple absolute in… … Law dictionary
fee simple — Typically, words fee simple standing alone create an absolute estate in devisee and such words followed by a condition or special limitation create a defeasible fee. Babb v. Rand, Me., 345 A.2d 496, 498. === Absolute. A fee simple absolute is an… … Black's law dictionary
fee simple — Typically, words fee simple standing alone create an absolute estate in devisee and such words followed by a condition or special limitation create a defeasible fee. Babb v. Rand, Me., 345 A.2d 496, 498. === Absolute. A fee simple absolute is an… … Black's law dictionary
fee simple — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, colony, copyhold, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in … Moby Thesaurus
Fee simple — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fee — n [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1: an inheritable freehold estate in real property; esp: fee simple compare leasehold; life estate at estate … Law dictionary
limited fee simple — noun (plural limited fees simple) 1. : a fee simple estate in land that may last forever but is limited to terminate automatically whenever certain circumstances in existence when the estate is created cease to exist : a base, qualified, or… … Useful english dictionary
conditional fee — noun law : any fee limited upon a condition; specifically : fee simple conditional * * * conditional fee 1. A fee granted on condition, or limited to particular heirs 2. The estate of a mortgagee of land, possession of which is conditional on… … Useful english dictionary
