Speakur

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defeasible fee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
de-fea-si-ble fee
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An estate in land that may be divested from its current owner upon the occurrence of an event set forth by the grantor in the grant.

Inflected Forms

defeasible fees (plural)

Phrases

fee simple determinable fee simple subject to condition subsequent fee simple subject to executory limitation

Frequently Paired Words

fee simple determinable fee simple subject to condition subsequent fee simple subject to executory limitation

Questions

What does defeasible fee mean?
An estate in land that may be divested from its current owner upon the occurrence of an event set forth by the grantor in the grant.

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