§ 6-3.2 Kinds of future estates

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Terms Used In N.Y. Estates, Powers and Trusts Law 6-3.2

  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

(a) Future estates are divided into:

(1) Estates left in the creator, consisting of:

(A) Reversions.

(B) Possibilities of reverter.

(C) Rights of reacquisition.

(2) Estates in favor of a person other than the creator, namely remainders, that are:

(A) Indefeasibly vested.

(B) Vested subject to open.

(C) Vested subject to complete defeasance.

(D) Subject to a condition precedent.