destructibility of contingent remainders

destructibility of contingent remainders
de·struc·ti·bil·i·ty of contingent remainders: a now largely abolished rule in the law of estates that a contingent remainder that fails to vest upon the termination of the preceding estate is destroyed see also executory interest at interest

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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