words of limitation

words of limitation definition - legal

n

Words in a deed or will that are conventional, but non-literal. As an example, the phrase, “to B and her heirs,” by longstanding convention of property laws, gives an interest in land to B, but nothing to her heirs.

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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