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Terms Used In N.Y. Estates, Powers and Trusts Law 6-1.2

  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.

Estates tail have been abolished, and every estate which would be a fee tail, according to the law of this state as it existed before the twelfth day of July, seventeen hundred eighty-two, shall be a fee simple; and if no valid future estate is limited thereon, a fee simple absolute. Where a future estate in fee is limited on any estate which would be a fee tail, according to the law of this state as it existed previous to such date, such future estate is valid and vests in possession on the death of the first taker without issue living at the time of his death.