The Rule Against PerpetuitiesGray, John Chipman. The Rule Against Perpetuities. Third Edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1915. xlii, 714 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002040729. ISBN 1-58477-307-3. Cloth. $125. * The first edition of this classic treatise was published in 1886. It became a standard work among conveyancers and was adopted by law schools within a few years. Considered a work of authority, it is distinguished by its organization and thoroughness as well as the extent of Gray's historical research and boldness of his analysis. |
Contents
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CHAPTER III | 79 |
No Question of Remoteness in Early Times | 109 |
Conditional Limitations at first held Destructible | 124 |
First Suggestions at the Bar of the Rule against Per | 131 |
The Rule against Perpetuities established | 144 |
Extension of the Rule to cover Terms in Gross 176185 | 160 |
CHAPTER XV | 397 |
CHAPTER XVI | 460 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 472 |
CHAPTER XIX | 497 |
CHAPTER XX | 521 |
A CHARITIES FOR DEFINITE PERSONS | 531 |
Period of Gestation | 549 |
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES | 557 |
The Rule against Perpetuities in America | 173 |
ACCUMULATIONS | 192 |
The Contingency must happen within Limits | 214 |
Lives in Being | 222 |
CHAPTER VII | 252 |
CHAPTER VIII | 264 |
CHAPTER IX | 311 |
SEPARABLE LIMITATIONS 331368 | 331 |
CHAPTER XI | 352 |
Equitable Interests 116 | 361 |
TRUSTS 411422 | 369 |
CHAPTER XIV | 383 |
FOREIGN | 570 |
E DETERMINABLE FEES | 579 |
F FUTURE INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY | 587 |
G GENERAL AND PARTICULAR INTENT | 611 |
H GIFTS TO INDEFINITE PERSONS FOR NONCHARITABLE PUR | 624 |
CONVERSION AND THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES 910917 | 634 |
J CONTINGENT REMAINDER OR EXECUTORY LIMITATION 918930 | 643 |
GENERAL TESTAMENTARY POWERS AND THE RULE AGAINST | 652 |
Secondary meanings of the term vested 118 | 661 |
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