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noun
The rule that prevents a testator or other transferor of property from controlling further transfer of his property more than twenty-one years after the death of anyone alive at the time of the original transfer who may have some interest in the transfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: singular, singular-only
Topics: law
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noun
Any rule that prevents a testator or other transferor of property from controlling further transfer of his property beyond a certain length of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable
Topics: law
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History
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