"executory interest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: executory interests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} executory interest (plural executory interests)
  1. (law) A third-party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with said land going to a third party upon the occurrence of a condition; an interest created subject to a fee simple subject to executory interest. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: defeasible fee, fee simple subject to executory interest, fee simple subject to executory limitation, shifting executory interest, springing executory interest
    Sense id: en-executory_interest-en-noun-mNGM2-5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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