Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fee Simple

The greatest estate that any person can have in land under the common law . The holder of an estate in fee simple has absolute power of disposition and, if he dies intestate , the estate descends to his heirs. while in modern times an estate in fee simple is created in grants by the wo^ in fee simple, originally the grant had to have the specific words of limitation and his heirs. A fee simple may be determined by limitation . See base fee ; entail .

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Absolute Estate, Bargain And Sale, Base Fee, Condominium, Copyhold, Entail, Estate, Heirs Of The Body, Possibility Of Reverter, Qualified Estate, Rule In Shelley’s Case.

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Fee simple in the United States

Fee simple in Connecticut

The words ‘in fee simple’ are likewise words of art in the law of real property (more in the United States here). The phrase means ‘a whole or unlimited estate (more in the U.S.) .’ Frank Towers Corporation v. Laviana, 140 Connecticut (provision) 45, 52 (1954).

Concept of Fee Simple in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Fee Simple: An estate under which the owner is entitled to unrestricted powers to dispose of the property, and which can be left by will or inherited. Commonly, a synonym for ownership.

Concept of Fee Simple in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Fee Simple: An estate under which the owner is entitled to unrestricted powers to dispose of the property, and which can be left by will or inherited. Commonly, a synonym for ownership.