§ 42-502Title 42
Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished.
All estates of inheritance, including such as were formerly estates tail, shall be adjudged estates in fee simple.
Annotations
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1350, ch. 854, § 1012 1973 Ed., § 45-802. 1981 Ed., § 45-202.
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