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fee simple determinable en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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.
   • 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.

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fee simple subject to condition subsequent · fee simple subject to executory limitation · possibility of reverter · reverter