shifting use

shifting use definition - legal

n

Of real property, the conferring of legal ownership of property to another, with the expectation of grantor that he will continue to have full use and enjoyment of the property. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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