What is ESTATE TAIL, QUASI?

When a tenant for life grants his estate to a man and hisheirs, as these words, though apt and proper to create an estate tail, cannot do so,because the grantor, being only tenant for life, cannot grant in perpetuum, thereforethey are said to create an estate tail quasi, or improper, llrown.

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Related Legal Terms
ESTATE IN FEE-TAIL, ESTATE TAIL, TAIL, ESTATE IN, DISCONTINUANCE OF AN ESTATE, FEE-TAIL, ESTATE BY THE CURTESY, ESTATE IN JOINT TENANCY, ENLARGER L’ESTATE, ESTATE FOR LIFE, TENANCY IN TAIL


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