{"id":8652,"date":"2017-11-20T01:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T01:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8652"},"modified":"2018-06-11T04:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T04:00:24","slug":"contingent-estate-an-estate-that-vests-transfers-in-ownership-only-if-a-specified-event-does-or-does-not-happen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8652","title":{"rendered":"contingent estate – an estate in land that vests (transfers in ownership) only if a specified event does or does not happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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contingent estate<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n(17c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate that vests<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(transfers in ownership)<\/em> only if a specified event does or does not happen. <\/strong>\u2014 aka<\/span> estate on contingency<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; estate on condition<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; estate upon condition<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Cf. estate on condition. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate limited so that the person to whom or the event upon which it is to take\u00a0<\/span>effect<\/span>\u00a0remains uncertain. <\/span><\/span>33 Am J2d Attys\u00a0\u00a7 214<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate in land<\/a> that is uncertain because it is dependent upon the happening of a future event. EXAMPLE: a contingent remainder.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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