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qid 1077 · law

Question: A grantor executed a deed by which he conveyed his apartment building for a consideration of one dollar, receipt of which was acknowledged, "to my son for life, then to my uncle for life, but if my uncle moves to another state, to my brother for the life of my uncle, then to the heirs of my uncle if my uncle does not move to another state, and to the heirs of my brother if my uncle does move to another state. " This deed was promptly recorded. During the son's lifetime, the brother's interest may best be described as a (an)

  1. estate pur autre vie.
  2. contingent remainder absolute.
  3. vested executory interest pur autre vie.
  4. contingent remainder pur autre vie.
  5. contingent executory interest pur autre vie.
  6. vested remainder in fee simple.
  7. vested remainder pur autre vie.
  8. contingent remainder in fee simple.
  9. shifting executory interest pur autre vie.
  10. vested remainder absolute.

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Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute (LII), Wex, "Executory interest"

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“A shifting executory interest divests some interests in another transferee prior to its natural expiration, thereby cutting short the prior estate.”

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