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fertile octogenarian rule

fertile octogenarian rule definition - legal

n

A legalfiction, to alleviate the rule against perpetuities, that a woman could become pregnant for so long as she is alive.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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