rules against perpetuities

A form of rule against perpetuities — The rule that prevents a testator or other transferor of property from controlling further transfer of his property more than twenty-one years after the death of anyone alive at the time of the original transfer who may have some interest in the transfer.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of rule against perpetuities
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