Base Fee
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A fee which has a qualification annexed to it, and which must be determined whenever the annexed qualification requires. A grant to A and his heirs, tenants of Dale, continues only while they are such tenants; 2 Bla. Com. 109.
See Wiggins Ferry Co. v. R. Co., 91 111. 93.
The proprietor of such a fee has all the rights of the owner of a fee-simple until his estate is determined. Plowd. 557; 1 Washb. R. P. 62; 1 Prest. Est. 431; Co. Litt 1 b. and were performed by tin and those of servile rank.
2 Bla. Cum. Washb. R. P. 25.