ESTATE IN SEVERALTY
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
grant or otherwise, out of a larger one, leaving in the original owner an ulterior estate immediately expectant on that which is so derived; the latter interest being called the “particular estate,” (as being only a small part or particula of the original one,) and the ulterior interest, the “reversion.” 1
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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