ESTATE
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject of property. 1 Prest. Est. 20. And see Van Rensselaer v. Poucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; Beall v. Holmes, 6 Har. & J. (Md.) 208; Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 108; Robertson v. VanCleave, 129 Ind. 217, 22 N. B. 889, 29
fee from a fee simple. Greenawalt v. Greenawalt, 71 Pa. 488. A conditional estate is one, the existence of which depends upon the ha pening or not happening of some uncertain event, whereby the estate may be either originalty created, or enlarged, or finally defeated.
an estate subjected to a burden or servitude for the benefit of another estate. Walker v.
fee from a fee simple. Greenawalt v. Greenawalt, 71 Pa. 488. A conditional estate is one, the existence of which depends upon the ha pening or not happening of some uncertain event, whereby the estate may be either originalty created, or enlarged, or finally defeated.
an estate subjected to a burden or servitude for the benefit of another estate. Walker v.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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