words of limitation

words of limitation. Language in a conveying instrument — often nonliteral language — describing the extent or quality of an estate. • For example, under long-standing principles of property law, the phrase “to A and her heirs” creates a fee simple in A but gives nothing to A’s heirs. See LIMITATION(4). [Cases: Deeds 120–136; Wills

Language in a conveying instrument — often nonliteral language — describing the extent or quality of an estate. • For example, under long-standing principles of property law, the phrase “to A and her heirs” creates a fee simple in A but gives nothing to A’s heirs. See LIMITATION(4). [Cases: Deeds 120–136; Wills 591, 597(4).C.J.S. Deeds