Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
Chapter 62. Of The Nature And Qualities Of Estates In Real And Personal Property, And The Alienation Thereof.

554.8 Estates in possession and in expectancy; definition.

Sec. 8.

An estate in possession, is where the owner has an immediate right to the possession of the land; an estate in expectancy is where the right to the possession is postponed to a future period.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2592 ;-- CL 1871, 4075 ;-- How. 5524 ;-- CL 1897, 8790 ;-- CL 1915, 11526 ;-- CL 1929, 12928 ;-- CL 1948, 554.8

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