Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail
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No person seised in fee simple shall have a right to devise any estate in fee tail for a longer time than to the children of the first devisee; and a devise for life to any person and to the children or issue generally of the devisee in fee simple, shall not vest a fee tail estate in the first devisee but an estate for life only, and the remainder shall on his or her death vest in his or her children or issue generally agreeably to the direction of the will.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-10.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-10
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.