§ 43-9-1 Freehold estate–Commencement at a future date
§ 43-9-2 Limitation of future estate
§ 43-9-3 Reversion, definition
§ 43-9-4 Remainder, definition
§ 43-9-5 Contingent remainder in fee created on prior remainder in fee
§ 43-9-6 Successive estates for life–Limitation
§ 43-9-7 Remainder upon successive estates for life
§ 43-9-9 Estate for life cannot be limited as a remainder on a term of years–Exception
§ 43-9-10 Conditional limitation–Remainder limited on contingency
§ 43-9-11 Rights of heirs of life tenant when made remaindermen
§ 43-9-12 Effect of remainder limited on estate for life or for years
§ 43-9-13 Vesting of future estate unaffected by unexecuted power of appointment
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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 43 > Chapter 9 - Future Estates in Real Property

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.