Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell /
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| Author / Creator: | Gallanis, Thomas P. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | St. Paul, MN : West, c2010. |
| Description: | xxvi, 372 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | West nutshell series Nutshell series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8127011 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to estates and future interests
- Classifying possessory estates (a.k.a. present interests)
- Classifying future interests
- Two consequences of the classification of future interests
- The rule against perpetuities
- Three other rules governing future interests
- Marital estates at common law
- Modern protections for the surviving spouse
- Concurrent estates
- A primer on powers
- Who owns the appointive property?
- Exercising a power
- Effectiveness of the appointment
- Powers and the rule against perpetuities.