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rule in ShelleyÂ’s Case

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n

This rule governing property dates from 1324 and states that if a property is bequeathed to a person and a remainder to his heirs, the remainder is considered to belong to the person named in the bequeathal so that the person has a fee simple absolute. See also fee simple.

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