executory interests

A form of executory interest — A third-party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with said land going to a third party upon the occurrence of a condition; an interest created subject to a fee simple subject to executory interest.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of executory interest
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