Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-8. Devise to executor or trustee
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Where any real estate shall be devised to any trustee or executor, the devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or the other whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in the real estate, unless a definite term of years, absolute or determinable, or an estate of freehold, shall be thereby expressly given to him or her.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-8.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-8
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.