Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-2. Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee
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When lands are conveyed by deed or devised by will hereafter executed, to a person for his or her life, and after his or her death to his or her heirs in fee, or by words to that legal effect, the conveyance or devise shall be construed to vest an estate for life only in the first taker and a remainder in fee simple in his or her heirs.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-4-2
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- 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
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.