fee simple determinable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revert to the grantor upon the occurrence of that condition.
Example Sentences
- "Joe gives Mike an estate in land "so long as no alcohol is brought onto the property"; this creates a fee simple determinable - if alcohol is brought onto the property, ownership of the land automatically reverts to Joe."
Inflected Forms
fees simple determinable (plural)