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• 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 — is an estate in land in common law. It is the most common way real estate is owned in common law countries, and is ordinarily the most complete ownership interest that can be had in real property short of allodial title, which is often reserved… …   Wikipedia

• 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 simple conditional — see fee simple Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fee simple conditional …   Law dictionary

• fee simple subject to condition subsequent — fee simple subject to condition subsequent: fee simple on condition subsequent at fee simple Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• fee simple estate — USA The greatest possible interest in real property. The estate is unconditional, unlimited and perpetual. Each state has its own statutory and common law framework for estates in fee simple. For more information, see Practice Note: Real Estate… …   Law dictionary

• fee simple absolute — see fee simple Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• fee simple determinable — see fee simple Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• fee simple on condition subsequent — see fee simple Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• fee simple — UK US noun [U] (also fee absolute) PROPERTY, LAW ► the right to own a building or piece of land without time limit: »The vendor was granted the fee simple of the property. → Compare LEASEHOLD(Cf. ↑leasehold) → …   Financial and business terms

• fee simple — n. 〚Anglo Fr: see FEE & SIMPLE〛 absolute ownership of real property with unrestricted rights of disposition * * * …   Universalium