estate of freehold not of inheritance

estate of freehold not of inheritance
A freehold estate which does not pass to the heirs of the holder but is only for his lifetime or that of another person. Such estates are conventional, that is, expressly created by the acts of the parties; or they are legal, that is, they are created by construction and operation of law. See 2 Bl Comm 119.

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  • estate not of inheritance — A freehold estate for life. See 2 Bl Comm 104. Broadly, any interest, whether in real or personal property, which passes to the executor or administrator rather than directly to the heir or heirs. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 18 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • life estate — An estate to be held by grantee or devisee for the term of his own life, or for that of another person, or for more lives than one. 28 Am J2d Est § 56; 33 Am J1st Life Est § 2. An estate of freehold, not of inheritance. 28 Am J2d Est § 56. A life …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …   Universalium

  • freehold — An estate for life or in fee. Intermountain Realty Co. v. Allen, 60 Idaho 228, 90 P.2d 704, 706. @ freehold estate A freehold estate is a right of title to land. Cohn v. Litwin, 311 Ill.App. 55, 35 N.E.2d 410, 413. An estate in land or other real …   Black's law dictionary

  • freehold — An estate for life or in fee. Intermountain Realty Co. v. Allen, 60 Idaho 228, 90 P.2d 704, 706. @ freehold estate A freehold estate is a right of title to land. Cohn v. Litwin, 311 Ill.App. 55, 35 N.E.2d 410, 413. An estate in land or other real …   Black's law dictionary

  • estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… …   Black's law dictionary

  • estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… …   Black's law dictionary

  • freehold — Any estate of inheritance or for life, in either a corporeal or incorporeal hereditament, existing in, or arising from, real property of free tenure. 28 Am J2d Est § 8. See freehold estate not of inheritance; freehold estate of inheritance …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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