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Determinable






Determinable

What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determnable fee.

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Fee
1) Feudal law. An allotment of land in consideration of military service; land held of a superior, on condition of rendering him service, the ultimate property remaining in him. Oppossed to allodium. 2) An estate of inheritance - the highest and most extensive interest a man can have in a feud.



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Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.

Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.

Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.



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Determinable

Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.

Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.

Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.

Detinet
He detains.

Detinue
A common law action similar to conversion and also involving the possession of property by the defendant but belonging to the plaintiff but in which the plaintiff asks the court for the return of the property, although the plaintiff may also ask for damages for the duration of the possession.

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