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perpetuity

perpetuity (p[schwa]r-p[schwa]-t[y]oo-[schwa]-tee). 1. The state of continuing forever. 2. Hist. An unbarrable entail. 3. Hist. An inalienable interest. 4. An interest that does not take effect or vest within the period prescribed by law. • In reference to the rule against perpetuities, only sense 4 is now current. See RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. [Cases: Perpetuities 4.

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fee farm

fee farm. Hist. A species of tenure in which land is held in perpetuity at a yearly rent (fee-farm rent), without fealty, homage, or other services than those in the feoffment. — Also termed feodi firma; firma feodi. See EMPHYTEUSIS. “Now to all appearance the term socage, a term not found in Normandy, has been

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emphyteusis

emphyteusis (em-fi-t[y]oo-sis), n. [Greek “implanting”] Greek, Roman & civil law. A contract by which one person delivered to another (the emphyteuta) a tract of land, either in perpetuity or for a long period of time, in exchange for the obligation to cultivate the land and to pay annual rental. • In Roman law, the land

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