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REVERSION FIEF [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

A reversion is the interest which continues in the grantor after he has conveyed away a particular estate that is less than what he owned. ... Thus, in a grant "to A for life, remainder to B in tail", A has a life estate in possession, B has a vested remainder in tail and the grantor retains the reversion in fee. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 338).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

réversion en fief : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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