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Rule in Shelley's case

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A quick definition of Rule in Shelley's case:

The Rule in Shelley's case is a law that applies to certain future interests. It says that if someone is given the right to use a property, they cannot pass that right on to their children or heirs. If the person who gave them the right tries to do this, the right will still belong to the original person and not their children.

A more thorough explanation:

The Rule in Shelley's case is a legal principle that applies to certain future interests. It prohibits the conveyance of a future interest to the heirs of the grantee who received the possessory estate. If the grantor tries to convey a future interest to the heirs of the grantee, the interest is considered to be to the grantee and not in the heirs of the grantee.

For example, if John grants land to Mary for life, with the remainder to Mary's heirs, the Rule in Shelley's case would apply. Mary's heirs would not receive the remainder interest because the interest would be considered to be in Mary and not in her heirs.

Another example would be if a father grants land to his son for life, with the remainder to the son's heirs. The Rule in Shelley's case would prevent the son's heirs from receiving the remainder interest because the interest would be considered to be in the son and not in his heirs.

These examples illustrate how the Rule in Shelley's case works by preventing the conveyance of future interests to the heirs of the grantee. Instead, the interest is considered to be in the grantee and not in their heirs.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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