South Dakota Codified Laws 43-9-10. Conditional limitation–Remainder limited on contingency
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A remainder may be limited on a contingency which, in case it should happen, will operate to abridge or determine the precedent estate; and every such remainder is to be deemed a conditional limitation.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-9-10
- 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.
Source: CivC 1877, § 235; CL 1887, § 2751; RCivC 1903, § 258; RC 1919, § 328; SDC 1939, § 51.0419.