perpetual freehold

An estate given to a grantee for life, and then successively to the grantee’s heirs for life.

• The effect of this type of freehold was to keep land within a family in perpetuity, much like a fee tail.

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译员张宏，知名法学院法律翻译专业，专注翻译各种与调查与白领犯罪辩护有关的法律文件。