destructibility of contingent remainders
- A largely outdated principle of estate law which states that a contingent remainder that has not vested when the preceding estate ends is annulled
- The concept of destructibility of contingent remainders played a significant role in historical property law.
- Many modern legal scholars argue that the rule of destructibility of contingent remainders is obsolete.
- The estate was affected by the principle of destructibility of contingent remainders when the contingent beneficiaries did not vest their interest in time.
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