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Section 42-1005 - Giving of absolute power-To owner of limited estate

Giving of absolute power-To owner of limited estate

Where an absolute power of disposition, not accompanied by any trust, shall be given to the owner of a particular estate for life or years, such estate shall be changed into a fee, absolute in respect to the rights of creditors and purchasers but subject to any future estates limited thereon in case the power should not be executed or the lands should not be sold for the satisfaction of debts.

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(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1353, ch. 854, § 1041.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 45-105.
1973 Ed., § 45-1005.

Current through September 13, 2012

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