Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest
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The person to whom an equitable fee simple is conveyed pursuant to § 34-4-17 shall, upon request, be entitled to a conveyance of the outstanding legal estate from the person in whom the legal estate is then or thereafter vested in trust, unless provisions to the contrary be made in the instrument creating the trust.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-18.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-18
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6