Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-4. Expectant estates not dependent on precedent estates
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No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred by an alienation or other act of the owner of the precedent estate, nor by the destruction of the precedent estate by disseisin, forfeiture, surrender, or merger, nor shall a contingent remainder be defeated by the termination of a precedent estate before the occurrence of the contingency on which the remainder was limited to take effect. If that contingency subsequently occurs, the remainder takes effect in the same manner as a springing or shifting executory interest.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-4; P.L. 1983, ch. 168, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-4
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- 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.