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Determinable

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

Liable to come to an end by the happening of a conting< u< as, a determinable fee. DETERMINABLE FEE (i d a qualified or base f< ias a qualification subjoined to it, and which be determined whenever the qualifl nexed to it is at an end. a limitation to a man and hi D the part of his father affords an example of this Littleton §. Est 449; 2 Bla. Com. 109; Cruise, Dig. tit. 1, g 82. see i Wajshb. K. P. 62; Mc Lane v. tained; what is particularly designated: as, if I sell you my horse Napoleon, the article sold is here determined. This is very different from a contract by which I sell you a horse, without a particular designation of any horse.